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Re: Irish Music
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:22 pm
by Ben
Adapt some Pouges songs! Boat train works wonders, you just have to have vocals.
Re: Irish Music
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:36 pm
by fairweathertuba
Ben wrote:Adapt some Pouges songs! Boat train works wonders, you just have to have vocals.
Wow, sounds wonderful! But can you explain this in English please?

Re: Irish Music
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:42 pm
by TexTuba
fairweathertuba wrote:Wow, sounds wonderful! But can you explain this in English please?

English translation: GOOGLE!
I just woke up, simply typed what Ben wrote, and here's what I found...without having to scroll:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pogues
http://www.musicsonglyrics.com/P/pogues ... lyrics.htm

Re: Irish Music
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:48 pm
by Mark
Do a Google search on "Irish Pub Sessions" and you should be able to find a ton of charts.
Re: Irish Music
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:23 pm
by Ben
Ian, you made no mention of your audience, or their capacity for tolerating swearing. It IS St. Paddy's day, thus I thought it appropriate. In the past, I have played on pub crawls across the city.
Sounds like you have some good leads now anyway...
Re: Irish Music
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:06 pm
by Dan Schultz
I have a set of "Hungry Five in Ireland" books but the instrumentation is a little short of what you asked for:
two clarinets
one trumpet
one trombone
one tuba
Re: Irish Music
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:04 am
by Steve Marcus
On a related subject, there is a delightful CD of mostly Irish tunes performed by Gary Buttery, tuba, and Gus Friedlander, mandolin. It's called "Tidal Wave." You can order the CD at
http://flathammockpress.com/Tidal%20Wave.htm.
Re: Irish Music
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 1:10 am
by David Richoux
Look for "Irish Black Bottom" by Louis Armstrong - I don't know if there are any charts other than what Lu Watters arranged, but it is a great tune!
There are hundreds of Irish tunes that work very well with small brass/jazz ensembles but I doubt there are many published charts for them. Make it up as you go along!
Re: Irish Music
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:19 pm
by Arbeegee
I'm sorry, I think I may be an antidentite.
(That's a Seinfeld reference, for the euphonium players. A euphonism. Just shoot me.)
RBG
Re: Irish Music
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:45 pm
by sloan
Just a Dingle dangle...