Do you play a trad instrument?

madfortrad5958 · 16-02-2009 10:20pm

i play tenor banjo myself
anyone interested in irish ballads
have a look here

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here we go then in no particular order
THE MIGHTY GHOSTS OF ERIN
THE REBEL HEARTS
PLUCK THE DUCK
THE DRUIDS
MANGANS MEN
DIVILDABIT

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lolly22 · 01-03-2009 12:12am

Same as you Dancingqueen, mandolin and banjo were my first when i was 9, and then guitar(but not trad on guitar) fiddle and got the medals in any fleadh's i could get too, i loved playing them all and going to sessions, but gave them up for good few years which i regreted.

Took them back up recently, and didnt realise how quick it all comes back to you, and definitely taking up an instrument is something ill incourage my little girl to do

ukulelvis · 02-03-2009 9:45am

I learned the fiddle when i was a kid and am just starting it up again. Hadn't even opened the case in twenty years, so took it into McCullough Pigott in Dublin to see if they'd give the once over and see if anything needed doing. It's been in the loft in the meantime with all the extremes of temperature that goes with it. He said it's a great fiddle in great nick and all he needed to do was replace the snapped G string!

Have been sawing away a bit recently and it's going better than I thought it would, but having defected to fretted instruments in the past two decades (guitar, mandolin, ukulele) it's taking a while to get my intonation back.

How 'good' do have to be to think about joining in sessions?

Futurecrook · 02-03-2009 1:56pm

That really depends on the session. My own Comhaltas branch have a slow session for beginner adult musicians before our regular session on Tuesday nights It's perfect for people who want to get back into playing but maybe don't want to launch themselves straight into a full speed session. And as a few of our branch teachers who would be used to dealing with all different standards of musicians freqent the regular session, there's always a very friendly welcoming atmosphere.

You really just need to do your research on the session you want to join in with. Some musicians can be very set in their ways and don't like new musicians joining in with them, or if they do allow that they may expect you to be of the same standard as them.

Sorry if this is a little off-topic.

ukulelvis · 02-03-2009 2:00pm

Good advice, thanks. Having pulled the thread onto a side road, I'll ease it back onto the highway by adding that I play a bit of mandolin and whistle too (although I can't get my fingers to obey me when I'm on the low whistle).

lolly22 · 03-03-2009 9:48am

ukulelvis wrote: »

How 'good' do have to be to think about joining in sessions?

Hey Ukulevis sorry i only seen this now

but id say pretty much what Fc said, although i havent gone to sessions in good few years i do remember the one's that i went to were for everyone, and anyone was welcome every age and what ever level of experience you had, they are a great way too meet people and i found when i started learning, playing with people who have been playing years in these sessions was great as i learned just as much off them as i did from my teachers.

Anyway you dont have to be amazing to go to one so go for it, they are great fun and good luck with it.:)

Oh and to go back on topic once again...................my very very very first instrument was tin whistle and i was absolute ****e :pac::p:p (strings were ment for me!!!)

vangoz · 03-03-2009 3:27pm

Tin whistles and low whistles, recently started pipe lessons.

Rickupinoft · 15-03-2009 9:54pm

I play tenor banjo and tin whistle mainly. I also play around with a few other instruments but not to the same standard. If anybody is interested in starting house sessions around the Drimnagh or Cabra area, you can let me know via pm or email. Would be interested to give it a go, though my house may not be suitable for holding sessions itself.

Eire's Rose · 20-03-2009 11:14pm

I play tin whistle and love it, can't get the tune's quick enough! I learned years ago and have got back into it again recently. I keep the whistle on the kitchen counter and play away whenever I get five minutes. I'm also learning the violin at the minute.

mandrake04 · 26-03-2009 12:48am

Sarky wrote: »

Playing the bodhran is a bit more complicated than hitting it with a stick, you know.

I once was told ........that for some people the bodhran is best played with a penknife.:D

I play the Mandolin and T Banjo myself.

loopyloulilly · 14-04-2009 11:00pm

I play the whistle. Woohoo!! Up ya boy ya!!

Lady Chuckles · 20-04-2009 10:17am

I play the tin whistle

I've always been into Irish music, so I decided to get a whistle. Unfortunately I can only play one song on it, as I don't have any books to teach me. I wish there was an Irish band here in Sweden that I could join

mandrake04 · 21-04-2009 4:32am

Lady Chuckles wrote: »

I play the tin whistle

I've always been into Irish music, so I decided to get a whistle. Unfortunately I can only play one song on it, as I don't have any books to teach me. I wish there was an Irish band here in Sweden that I could join

You should try and find videos on youtube on how to play the whistle and you can also find music on the net

spurious · 21-04-2009 6:08am

Lady Chuckles wrote: »

I play the tin whistle

I've always been into Irish music, so I decided to get a whistle. Unfortunately I can only play one song on it, as I don't have any books to teach me. I wish there was an Irish band here in Sweden that I could join

There are certainly Anglo concertina players there - some of them may play ITM. You could post on http://www.concertina.net/forums/ and find them.

Lady Chuckles · 21-04-2009 7:39am

Thanks!

I'll look in to that

Lady Chuckles · 24-04-2009 9:41am

Oh, I almost forgot... I also play cello and recorder

And I siiing... All the time. Especially Irish songs :rolleyes:

EastTyrone · 04-05-2009 7:47pm

play the banjo and mandolin, not exactly good, mostly play balloads/songs but getting more into jigs reels etc atm

Bladecatcher · 22-05-2009 12:08am

Play tin whistle, flute, nd low whistle...does the spoons count??

Im determined to learn piano too during the summer!!

dc3500 · 26-05-2009 4:25pm

i play the flute with a band, about 20 flute players and 6 drummers...currently learning the drum, absolutely love it!!!

plenty of days out and good craic,,:)

Tinwhistle* · 28-05-2009 11:45pm

Learnt the violin when I was 15/16 and wish I'd kept it up. Would love to play the box...

alomolloy · 08-07-2009 11:15pm

Is any one out there interested in starting a trad/Pogues band

Tinwhistle* · 09-07-2009 12:28am

Baggio wrote: »

Good stuff dying to do Horslips mark 2!!!!!

what ya think gang?? ............ciao' Baggio

Sounds interesting....

finnerz1 · 10-07-2009 3:08pm

i used to play tinwhistle but havent in years. now im learning traditional guitar..

JB. · 21-07-2009 12:58am

Just after starting to play the tenor banjo and must say I love it:D

neil_hosey · 21-07-2009 2:23pm

JB. wrote: »

Just after starting to play the tenor banjo and must say I love it:D

~Also started playing the tenor banjo since febuary... and am loving it! Slowly but surely!

52paddy · 14-08-2009 10:05pm

I've played Irish banjo for a good few years now. I've also been playing flute for the past while and am decent enough at the whistle.

If anybody is interested in house sessions, tune sharing or a quiet pub session around Dublin 12 (or within a 3 mile radius), let me know. Would be very interested. Looking for musicians with a decent repertoire for swapping tunes etc

D0nners · 28-08-2009 2:15am

Im trying to learn the Irish traditional style on the guitar at the moment.

soccymonster · 30-08-2009 2:11am

Play the button accordian. Been playing it for 6 and a half years now. Love it to bits

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Also the tin whistle. Im actually fairly good. Those tin whistle lessons from a few years back have come in handy, i must say :P.

tapsnilloc@eirc · 06-09-2009 8:49pm

I'm playing the mandola since the New Year. I hurt my hand in recent months, so I've been unable to play. Dying to get back to it and to learn new tunes.

Catherine.M · 06-09-2009 9:04pm

i play concertina, fiddle and kinda piano...
need to practice the fiddle though

offaly4sam · 07-09-2009 2:07pm

I play guitar for the last 6 years,started off playing rock,but always loved trad music and only recently started to learn to play. Would love to be in a band sometime like the pogues...love that music

tapsnilloc@eirc · 07-09-2009 4:54pm

Offaly4sam

I play guitar a bit as well. What kind of trad songs are you playing? Do you work out the chords yourself or pick them up from the internet?

Tap

offaly4sam · 08-09-2009 12:12am

In reply to tap

I play mostly ''pub'' songs from the like of the pogues,dubliners,christy etc. Have books at home that my grandmother had from years ago of irish songs and they have the chords in that. What kinda trad you playing yourself

tapsnilloc@eirc · 09-09-2009 3:13am

Offaly4sam

I try much of the same stuff, not so much of the Pogues, but also a bit of Planxty. I pick up the chords from books, internet, other people.

Tap

docaoimh · 17-11-2009 8:44pm

I play the uilleann pipes, whistle and flute. Getting my hands on a piano again soon to hopefully do the diploma.

Vurnon San Benito · 25-11-2009 11:18pm

Accordian, Flute and Whistle player here.
Sure ya can't beat the auld trad.

nuttz · 26-11-2009 2:32pm

Uilleann pipes, whistle, a small bit out of practice at the moment.

brousuka · 01-12-2009 12:24pm

I play guitar and do a lot of Trad/Folk and pub ballads. Would love to meet up with a fiddle/banjo/whistle player for a few impromptu sessions here and there, Limerick area. Anyone up for it?

colin29 · 19-12-2009 7:25am

Uilleann pipes, whistles, bodhran and I also like to mess around on the banjo

brousuka · 21-12-2009 9:16pm

colin29 wrote: »

Uilleann pipes, whistles, bodhran and I also like to mess around on the banjo

Where do you live colin29?

colin29 · 21-12-2009 9:21pm

brousuka wrote: »

Where do you live colin29?

Vancouver.

brousuka · 21-12-2009 9:45pm

colin29 wrote: »

Vancouver.

Hehehe! your just a bit far from my place then to come over and jam a few tunes!! however a good friend of mine and a good guitar player has just emigrated to Vancouver a couple of months ago! from Adare in County Limerick working there as an engineer. Great place he tells me and certainly the land of opportunity at the moment. Cheers!

Whiskey Devil · 25-01-2010 4:22am

Pretty sure I've answered this before, but here's an updated list..

Guitar
Mandolin
Banjo
Whistles
Bodhrán

Jay Pentatonic · 31-01-2010 1:26pm

nothing:(

Whiskey Devil · 01-02-2010 7:20pm

Jay1989 wrote: »

nothing:(

Only one way to change that!

theyellowtinker · 02-02-2010 1:22am

I play Tenor Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar, Tin Whistle & used to play the fiddle alot. I twiddle around a bit on the oul flute..that is of course ..the wooden type!;) Diddle dee ayedle deedle doh..any lilters out there??

Jay Pentatonic · 02-02-2010 8:01pm

Whiskey Devil wrote:

Only one way to change that!

...recently started to save up for a bodhrán I've been looking at for over a year!:D

Kerbdog123 · 20-02-2010 1:22pm

started playing the box since sept 09 so about six months feckin' addicted cant seem to leave it down:D

cork94 · 26-02-2010 4:20pm

I play fiddle..:)

Got a new one last year.. well, not exactly new..
Its french 1820..

Tinwhistle and used to play the concertina too..
I'm thinking up picking up the concertina again soon..

Kerbdog123 · 26-02-2010 8:27pm

how long does it take to get decent on the molodeon?

Do you play a trad instrument?

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