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1153
Hi I have been on to "The Session" website to track down the music for some tunes played by Paul Dooley, namely "the Raven's Wing", "the Inishowen Jig" and...
paul best
hempson1
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May 2, 2009
11:48 am
1154
Dear Harpists and Harpers, Galway Early Music Festival would like to invite you to a harp workshop conducted by the world's foremost historical harp player and...
surie_rules
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May 3, 2009
2:05 pm
1155
Hi here is an item from YouTube, featuring Harper Tashe on the cross strung harp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0uNzLV22Ks I want one of these!!!! Has anyone...
paul best
hempson1
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May 3, 2009
4:25 pm
1156
... I would really love to see this video, but the website you show won't come up for me. I was able to find several pages on youtube of Laurel and Hardy...
bayharper
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May 3, 2009
7:46 pm
1157
... Try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0uNzLV22Ks There are a couple of other videos as well. Peter Wilson...
Peter Wilson
harpharpharp
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May 3, 2009
10:44 pm
1158
This is brilliant, Paul! Hahaha! Fabulous technique. I've never managed to play with my foot - it only sounds that way. - Karen...
tro_tant
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May 4, 2009
1:08 am
1159
... Thank you. I'm still laughing! I spent many childhood hours watching Laurel and Hardy movies. Geri...
bayharper
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May 4, 2009
2:22 am
1160
Hi everyone. Just had to share that my Triplett Ancient Irish arrived today. For being 13 years old, it's in beautiful condition. I think it's walnut; very...
bayharper
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May 4, 2009
10:04 pm
1161
... Sorry about that, Alasdair. I don't know why that came up again. Senior moment?? Geri...
bayharper
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May 4, 2009
10:14 pm
1162
For the last couple of days, every time I try to read a message on this forum, I am inundated with advertisements. Is anyone else having this problem? They...
bayharper
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May 4, 2009
10:18 pm
1163
Weird....I haven't seen a one. Are they "pop ups" or floating pages sort of affairs? To: clairseach@... From: bayharper@... Date: Mon, 4...
Chad McAnally
irish_harper
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May 4, 2009
11:16 pm
1164
... They seem to be "pop-ups". I checked again and I'm getting them on every message on only this forum. My pop-up blocker is on. Every ad is different....
bayharper
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May 5, 2009
12:14 am
1165
Or the gentry....what browser are you using?? To: clairseach@... From: bayharper@... Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 00:13:31 +0000 Subject:...
Chad McAnally
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May 5, 2009
1:00 am
1166
... I am using Microsoft Internet Explorer. And this isn't happening on my other Yahoo forums or on harpcolumn....
bayharper
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May 5, 2009
1:46 am
1167
Has anyone seen this poem in the original Gaelic? https://listserv.heanet.ie/cgi-bin/wa?A2=CELTIC-L;rO4U5w;200003102354270500 I've known about it for a few...
Peter Wilson
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May 5, 2009
5:12 pm
1168
Dear Peter, You can find an edition of the full original Irish of that rather free translation online at the following web address. ...
Alasdair Codona
calumcille
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May 6, 2009
2:46 am
1169
Thank you Alasdair! Peter...
Peter Wilson
harpharpharp
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May 6, 2009
3:29 am
1170
Wow...harsh criticism. Sounds like a description of me practicing however! Is this anonymous poem? Sadly Google only offers snippets of it, as it seems it is...
Chad McAnally
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May 6, 2009
4:14 am
1171
This subject may have been covered previously, but I'm just too tired and lazy to look right now. I really, really want to learn to at least speak Gaelic...
bayharper
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May 9, 2009
4:48 am
1172
I've seen the "Teach Me" Irish stuff and heard the recordings. It isn't bad but they oddly have mixed several dialects together and the text has some problems....
Chad McAnally
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May 9, 2009
2:32 pm
1173
... Thank you, Chad. I would hate to spend months learning a language that and then not be understandable due to using different dialects. Any other...
bayharper
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May 9, 2009
11:12 pm
1174
here's another piece of genius, and an even weirder harp, curtesy of the great Harpo Marx. I wonder what Harpo would have made of the wire-strung clairseach......
paul best
hempson1
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May 10, 2009
2:38 pm
1175
I've almost got this memorized (with some substitute figures like the bee's plait instead of fling the finger- horrors, I know). I'm finding that the rhythmic,...
Peter Wilson
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May 13, 2009
5:02 pm
1176
Hi folks, As I am a fan of the great Harpo Marx, I went into YouTube (yet again) and typed "harpo solo" into the search. This was at the top of the list of...
paul best
hempson1
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May 13, 2009
5:45 pm
1177
... Peter, I found a video of Bill Taylor playing this. Marvellous!! And the little harp he is playing is a real beauty. I know I'm probably years from being...
bayharper
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May 13, 2009
10:28 pm
1178
Hi Geri Alasdair and others might have something to say, but you can go here: http://www.calumcille.com/telyngymreig/cyntaf.html You'll also need Bill...
Peter Wilson
harpharpharp
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May 13, 2009
11:51 pm
1179
Why do the subsititution?...
Edgar Peters
kaosharper1
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May 14, 2009
2:02 am
1180
Ah, because I can't do fling the finger yet and I'd rather play it "incorrectly" than not at all. Peter Wilson...
Peter Wilson
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May 14, 2009
2:32 am
1181
... Thank you Peter. Interesting stuff, but looks like I'm going to need a lot of help with this. Unfortunately, Mr. Taylor's book is out of print right now...
bayharper
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May 14, 2009
2:34 am
1182
... I don't know about (reliable) printed copies - it's hard to transcribe the music without making assumptions that other readers might disagree with. A...
mwyalchen2000
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May 14, 2009
2:46 pm
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