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I have a little gifty for the violinists among you today. I'll post the video of me playing it in just a moment for you music listener peeps.

This is a tune that I teach in my student portal. One of my fave fiddle tunes. 

I actually learned this from my very first fiddle teacher! I never gotten sick of it all these years. 

It's a tune from a famous collection of fiddle tunes called O'Neill's Music of Ireland. I think there are over 500 tunes in that book! 

Talk about overwhelm haha!

I would flip through and pick and my teacher would play them back to me until I found one a liked and then he'd teach it to me. 

It's a "Jig" type tune which refers to the style of dance that would be done with it. It's a "123 123" type count. The dancers need it to be fast because if it's too slow the jumps won't line up with the music. Their feet will fall back on the floor before you hit the corresponding note if you can't keep up! 

Now I'll post the video I shared recently to my email list which brought it front of mind. 

Thought it might be fun to have here on Patreon as a throw back to my Irish fiddle roots. 

:)