Dave Lang and Melanie Salonen will be joining us NEXT week, so tomorrow we will have a RISK Best-Of session! Bring your favorite RISK tune from past or present and let's play !
Hoping our wonderful bassist, Steve Meyer, will join us!
Cheers,
Kim
Rock Island String Kollective of Vashon Island, Washington, is a string orchestra for all ages & skill levels that meets at our local coffee hang-out, most Tuesdays 3:15-4:15 at MInglement, the Vashon Coffee Roastery. Bring your Violin, Viola, Cello, Guitar, Ukulele, Mandolin, Banjo or Harp and learn Irish music, Klezmer, Cajun, and American Traditional Music in a supportive group setting. Newcomers welcome. $5/session or $40 per quarter. For more information, contact Kim Thal.
Monday, October 27, 2014
Friday, October 17, 2014
Peacock Follows the Hen
Piper John Dally and and Kat Eggleston visited us and taught a fine English slipjig often called "Peacock Follow the Hen," but also known as "Brose and Butter" and other titles.
Here is more information about it.
John has a YouTube channel with videos of various tunes, including Peacock Follows the Hen...
And a recording of Kim playing it with everybody:
A rough interpretation in sheet music:
Here is more information about it.
John has a YouTube channel with videos of various tunes, including Peacock Follows the Hen...
And a recording of Kim playing it with everybody:
A rough interpretation in sheet music:
And finally, Karen found this scorching-hot video off YouTube:
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Britches Full of Stitches
Kate MacLoed and Kat Eggleston visited us, and taught a "standard" Irish polka with the great name "Britches Full of Stiches."
Here is all of us playing it a full tempo:
Here is all of us playing it at 50 percent tempo:
Finally, a chart that approximates the melody.
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