Late start for RISK on Nov. 3rd

Hey Riskees—RISK will start late this Tuesday, November 3rd, because our teacher Riley can't get out of school in Seattle in time to get here at the usual time. So schedule yourself later. And if you arrive earlier, well Karen will probably be there to talk you into going through some of our current playlist! But plan on being there until 4:45.

Our A-List of Tunes

This list is as of October 2015.  I've included some chord & note hints. Many of these are within this blog so you can find them & print out sheets. If you don't find one, most are findable on the Internet: type in the song title and browse the Images that Google coughs up. DO take care to print out song sheets that are in the same key as listed below!

The Asterisked are tunes we did today, October 27.

THE A-LIST

*Ashokan Farewell   3/4 WALTZ in the key of D

*Banish Misfortune   6/8 JIG in key of D, starts on high F#

*Bayou Pon Pon  4/4 REEL in key of D, starts on high G

*Bear Dance    2/4 MARCH in key of A Minor, starts on high E 

Bei Mir Bistu Shein  (Klezmer)    4/4 SONG in key of F  (B-flat)  starts with mid-A pickup to high D

*Blackthorn Stick   6/8 JIG in key of G, pick-up on D to high G

*Blarney Pilgrim 6/8 JIG in key of G, starts on low D    (first chord: G)

Boil Em Cabbage Down 4/4 song in key of A

*Britches Full of Stitches 2/4 MARCH in key of A, starts on A, first chord A

*Brose & Butter  (Peacock) 9/8 SLIP JIG in key of D.  Starts on high D,  (first chord: Bm)

Butterfly   9/8 SLIP JIG in key of Em  (1 sharp), starts on B, first chord Em / D

Don’t Mess with My Toot Toot 4/4 Cajun tune in G, first chord G

*Irish Waltz 3/4 WALTZ in G, starts with pick-up on D, first chord G

*Isaac Hannah       4/4 Reel in key of C, starts on high G, first chord G

*Mari’s Wedding 2/4 MARCH in key of G, starts on low D, first chord G

*Morrison’s Jig 6/8 JIG in Bm, starts on low E, start chord Em / D

*Minor Swing / Hall 4/4 SWING in Am, probably starts on D, first chord

*Old Aunt Jenny 4/4 in key of G, pick up on G, first chord G   (others: Em D C)

*Paddy on the Handcar     4/4 REEL in A Dorian with only F#; starts on low E, first chord Am / C / G

*Rakes of Mallow      4/4 REEL in key of G, first note G, first chord G

Road to Lisdoonvarna    6/8 JIG in key of Em, starts with pick-up on low B, first chord Em

Rubber Dolly      4/4 in key of A, starts on C, first chord D  (D  A  E  A sequence, ends on A chord strum.

Salmon Tails     2/4MARCH in key of G, first note G, first chord G

*Swallowtail Jig 6/8 JIG in key of Bm (2 #s), starts on pick-up of mid-E, first chord Em / D

Tit Galop Pour Mamou 4/4 CAJUN TUNE, starts on high B

B-LIST

Arkansas Traveler 4/4 reel in key of G

Back Door (Cajun) 2/4 in key of G

Cluck Old Hen either 2/4 or 4/4, starts with A

Hangu / Freylachs 4/4 Klezmer tunes. Hangu starts on low A (A7 chord); Freylachs on D (Dm)

Here Comes the Sun key of D, starts on high D, chord D G A7 E7), turnaround F-C-G

I’se the B’y 6/8 JIG in key of G, starts on B, first chord G

Kesh Jig 6/8 JIG in key of G, starts on mid-G, first chord G

Little Gal’ll Fool You key of D, starts with pickup on open E, DAG chords

Odessa 4/4 Klezmer tune in Am, first note mid-E, first chord Am

Red-Haired Boy 4/4 REEL in key of D, starts with low E, first chord A

Roses in the Morning 4/4 slow REEL in key of G, starts with pickup on D, first chord G

Snowden’s Jig 2/4 MARCH (despite name) in key of Am, starts on high F, first chord Dm

Ten Penny Bit 6/8 JIG in key of Am, start note high E, first chord Am (can use A)  G Em

JIG set: Road to Lisdoonvarna / Swallowtail Jig

Here's another Irish set: Road to Lisdoonvarna, and Swallowtail Jig.  They work together because they're both in 6/8 JIG time and in the same key.
These are designed to be printed and fit on an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper.

Brose & Butter / Britches Full of Stitches as a set

Here's two that John Daly & Kat Eggleston taught us last session:  "Brose & Butter / Britches Full of Stitches." Handy together because both song titles start with B. But they don't really work as a "set" because of the widely different time signatures: one's a 9/8 Slip Jig, the other's a 2/4 March. The dancers would be falling all OVER each other if you switched from 9/8 to 2/4 time!
     I learned the hard way in today's RISK session that "Brose & Butter" was actually given to us in a different key than this version. Here's what you get by just grabbing any old version of the tune off the Net—you end up playing off-key from your fellow RISK-takers!

Paddy on the Handcar, and NO RISK on 10/27

What a fun, 2-for-1 session we had at RISK on October 13!  Kim Nelson on fiddle and Holly Tuttle taught us not only "Rakes of Mallow," but when the group got that down, they taught us "Paddy on the Handcar." Great fun with some nice jaunty tunes.

Here's the link to the SoundCloud recording of us all playing through the tune SEVERAL times, just like they do at contra dances or Irish sessions. If you'll read along on the sheet music, you'll notice that Kim on fiddle deliberately dropped out some of the descending extra notes at the end of phrases. This gives a bit of a breath before the first notes of the repeating phrase (the "oomph-pa-PAA! followed by the eighth-note runs "dee-dill didi diddle diddle-di"). A nice effect, and it's easier for the new player to keep up at a faster tempo.

https://soundcloud.com/riskykayray/20151013-160546a

Open the Soundcloud recording in a second window so that you can read along on the sheet music and discover that Kim (fiddle) deliberately dropped out some of the descending extra notes at the end of phrases. This gives a bit of a breath before the first notes of the repeating phrase boom out (the "oomph-pa-PAA! followed by the eighth-note runs "dee-dill didi diddle diddle-di"). A nice effect, and it's easier for the new player to keep up at a faster tempo.

NO RISK next week, on October 20th.  We'll return on the 27th to recap the new tunes of this session (Butterfly, Tit Galop Pour Mamou, Rakes of Mallow and Paddy) plus any others we can remember. I'll put up a current playlist so you can work on them during this break if you want to.

Rakes of Mallow

10/13/2015 — Today's RISK session, starting at 3:15pm at Minglement, will feature Kim Nelson on fiddle and Holly Tuttle on guitar, teaching RAKES OF MALLOW, a common and peppy Irish session tune. The tune comes from County Cork in the 1780s. Oddly enough, right after its origin, it was picked up by an Indian composer and used as the melody for a sacred prayer to a Hindu Goddess. Music the Universal...

The soundcloud link goes to the recording, but it has a weird number name that I couldn't successfully edit.
https://soundcloud.com/riskykayray/20151012-205446a

Here's the sheet music—