Irishness...

[pastwatcher]

My father has a CD of Irish jigs that he used to play, and I've come across it...its contents are now on my computer! Ha! It has my favore jig on it, too, which is really well-designed for playing on a soprano recorder (actually I think all of them are well-designed for recorders/flutes of some sort, isn't that partly the point?), so I'm in the process of learning it. I can mostly keep up with the recording now for the first 2 out of 3 parts, which is awesome because it's FAST. So ask me to a day or two from now and I should be able to play it for you...I love being Irish. (Yes, I know, that has nothing to do with it. I don't care.)

Comments

[timmypowg.livejournal.com]

YAY JIGS! I like fast songs like that, whether they're Irish, British, or American. (:

Wait, what's the difference between a jig and a reel?

[pastwatcher]

Hmm, I didn't actually know--but there's a dumbed down, though interesting, explanation here, to the effect that reels are in 4, jigs are in 6/8, and stuff. So mine is, indeed, a jig.
(yeah, I owe edjoesu for learning to use the fifth appendage, the Internet...)

[yiwhyi.livejournal.com]

yay for being inspired by your heritage~! [im going back tomorrow morning, see you soon!]

=> and i totally didnt know that you played recorder!