Two Traditional Tunes

chestnut

Genre: Celtic

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Here’s fiddle, bodhran, accordian, guitar, tin whistle and bouzouki kept more or less in time by Ken as they scamper through ‘The Home Ruler’ and ‘Blackberry Blossom’.
The picture's of Laura Targett, Lucy Randall, Pete Gazey and Tim Edey at Littlebourne in Kent. They weren't playing on my recording but I like their music!

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Uploaded: May 06, 2009 - 09:59:13 AM
Last Updated: May 06, 2009 - 09:59:13 AM Last Played: Oct 20, 2009 - 07:27:16 AM

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johnwhitehead	johnwhitehead said 199 days ago (May 6th, 2009)
	nicely played Enjoyed this. Very well arranged and played. Are these Celtic "jam pack" samples? Check out my latest song called I'm Pluggin' In

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chestnut said 199 days ago (May 7th, 2009)

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I wrote the music out in Sibelius, where it plays back using sampled sound from Garritan Personal Orchestra (in this case a Stradivarius violin!) and exported it as a sound file to GarageBand. I recorded the guitar and bodhran tracks live. The result was a bit thin so I went back to Sibelius and re-exported the music as a MIDI file to add to the GarageBand tracks. I converted the MIDI into bouzouki, tin whistle and accordian using the World Music Jampack.

The MIDI tracks didn't quite match the tempo of the music so I spent rather a long time cutting those tracks up to make them fit - hence my reference in the song bio to me keeping the band 'more or less in time'!

The fiddle sound in Jampack is not very good which is why I used the superb Sibelius violin sample. It would have been considerably quicker and easier to write the whole thing out in Sibelius with harmonies and variations. It would have fitted together perfectly. Unfortunately my Sibelius is orchestral and doesn't have bouzouki, tin whistle and accordian!

Many thanks, John, for your appreciation- it's made the whole business worthwhile!

Ken

Check out my latest song called The Fair

Feter	Feter said 199 days ago (May 6th, 2009)
	Two Traditional Tunes Best kind ..what joyful can the one have than this awesome music ... I just love it ...something special about the tunes and how they played just so special ...thnx alot for sharin !!!! Check out my latest song called A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani )

chestnut	chestnut said 199 days ago (May 7th, 2009)
	Trad tunes Thank you so much Feter. I'd hoped the sound would be lively- you can never quite tell how a project is going to sound until it's finished! Ken Check out my latest song called The Fair

alan_	alan_ said 199 days ago (May 6th, 2009)
	Chestnut This is a joyful arrangement. I really dig the layers added in ever so tastefully. Alan Check out my latest song called It Can't Last

chestnut	chestnut said 199 days ago (May 7th, 2009)
	Trad tunes Thank you Alan, I'm really glad you liked the layers of instruments; That was fun to do but took a long time. It sounds good in headphones- you get better stereo! The words 'joyful' and 'tastefully' are music to my ears; now I'm keen to do some more! Ken Check out my latest song called The Fair

Roxylee	Roxylee said 198 days ago (May 8th, 2009)
	Lilting and makes me want to dance. :-) I really enjoyed this. Check out my latest song called Sweet Grace

chestnut	chestnut said 198 days ago (May 8th, 2009)
	Trad tunes Me too! Thank you, Roxy! K Check out my latest song called The Fair

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