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Posted by Bob Frost, written by Traditional
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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen
The Road to Lisdoonvarna, Merrily Kiss the Quaker’s Wife and The Blarney Pilgrim. The Road is also known as “All The Way To Galway.” Played here as a jig, it is also played as a polka and a slide. The Quaker’s Wife is of Scottish origin and may have roots in the 14th Century, long before there were any Quakers. High in a tower of Blarney Castle is embedded a magical stone which is visited by countless Pilgrims who come to kiss the said stone for its charms and blessings
ELWOOD Says:
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 @6:22:40 AM
I would like to hear an example of a "slide"
Bob Frost Says:
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 @7:15:22 AM
Hi, Elwood.
As far a I can tell, a slide is a way of structuring the rhythm of a tune so the effect is similar to a dotted or held note but without the dots. EG: single and double jigs have a time signature of 6/8. A slide uses 12/8 as its signature so that there are 12 notes in a measure that can by joined an many different ways by ties rather than dots.
Hope this helps,
Bob
From the fingers of a master: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2JMWSrMLh4
"One way to tell it's a slide is to look at the time signature. If it's a slide it will say 12/8 instead of 6/8. But this isn't reliable, and if there's no sheet music -- how can you tell? It wasn't until I began playing for set dancers that the distinction revealed itself to me. If you imagine playing a hornpipe a little slower and with a dotted rhythm, (dum... de dum... de dum... de dum...) and then keep that rhythm in your head and fit the slide into it -- you'll have a slide. It's not simply a fast jig, but rather something more like a slow, dotted hornpipe. If you try this with a regular jig it will feel awkward and seem like there�s too many notes. For this reason many slides find their way into the ITM lexicon as jigs because they were easier to play and useful for beginners."
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2984
Bob Frost Says:
Sunday, October 22, 2017 @3:06:23 AM
Five Kerry Slides performed by the Chieftains (to make up for the dead link above): youtube.com/watch?v=HKih0Q_Pz5s
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