Fiddling: jigs, reels and hornpipes

[tcm]

I read that Capt Cook and the like used to have a fiddler on board to keep the sailors active and it was vital for entertainment - cos there was no radio, no alamancs to read, no cameras, books cost fortune and you couldn't even shout at the radio when people do radio checks cos all the radio check would have had to be done by semaphore.

So i wonder if any forumites play the fiddle? and if so - do they have any favourite tunes? and more to the point er where can i scrounge the music?

Oh,and the "Can you play "over the hills and far away"?" gag has already been done. Well, it has now.

 

[tome]

Yes but the fiddler was there to help them keep time whilst sweating up the anchor or suchlike whereas nowadays perfectly acceptable to wear ipod whilst operating windlass remote

 

[tcm]

Oh, i disagree, and traditional methods far better, martime heritage, rubbishy synthetic music, etc blah.

And mainly cos of course i wd be pratting about with the fiddle while you are hunting for the remote, fixing the lectric and such...

 

[Lakesailor]

Matt had trouble finding someone to help him with his fingering..........

 

[stephenh]

Never mind hop jigs, slip jigs, half jigs and all the rest....

try : http://www.ceolas.org/ceolas.html

Go to the bibliography.

The classic all time for Irish music is O'Niells but Kerrs will give you a smaller and broader selection...

good luck

 

[tome]

Bloody hell, hev you just lost both enines AND the generator?

 

[stephenh]

Sorry : O'Neills - music of Ireland - 1,000 fiddle tunes

there's one on Abebooks - its in the US only a fiver plus the same for postage well worth it

 

[Lakesailor]

How about the Maritime Fiddlers Association ?

 

[Anchorite]

Re: Over the hills etc

Fiddlers' green for green fiddlers?
(Bow out)

 

[billiew]

Music on board

Plenty of sailing musicians over here,concertinas,fiddles,guitars and melodions all been heard this season as well as lots of shanty and other styles of singing.