lzaikoski Posted March 13, 2001 Report Share Posted March 13, 2001 Simon, You are too cool for words! That was some really great fiddling! I've been sitting here all afternoon listening to The Chieftains's "Water From The Well" and I have no doubt that you'd be right at home pulling up a chair with them! Great! Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainyann Posted March 13, 2001 Report Share Posted March 13, 2001 Fiddlin, It is an MP3 file. Do you have a player capable of playing MP3 files? If not download winamp, itis free and a nice little MP3 player. www.winamp.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrazy_violinist Posted March 14, 2001 Report Share Posted March 14, 2001 IT FINALLY WORKED!!! That fiddling is so cool. Some day 60 years from now maybe I will be able to play that well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlin Posted March 14, 2001 Report Share Posted March 14, 2001 quote: Originally posted by rainyann: Fiddlin, It is an MP3 file. Do you have a player capable of playing MP3 files? If not download winamp, itis free and a nice little MP3 player. www.winamp.com Yep, I do. I was able to get Crushen's MP3 with no problem. I just keep getting an error message with this one. I tried to download the free player you recommended just to see what it was like, and it didn't work for some reason. I'll try it again, and I'll keep trying Simon's MP3s. Thanks! If you have any more advice, please give it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted March 14, 2001 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2001 Caleb, you don't want to hear me play the tin whistle. Just trust me on that. It can be a great solo instrument in the right hands. In mine it can be an instrument of torture. Ole Bull, thanks, and I hope we get to have that tune. I see from your website that we share the same surname. Do you have any family in Northern Ireland that you know of? Len, good to hear from you again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ole Bull Posted March 16, 2001 Report Share Posted March 16, 2001 Simon - no, or at least that's not what I heard. Actually that side (I see a pun here) of my family is American, probably from England originally. That won't stop me playing the odd tune when I'm in the mood, however... keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsyfiddler Posted March 16, 2001 Report Share Posted March 16, 2001 Great fiddling!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlin Posted March 16, 2001 Report Share Posted March 16, 2001 Okay...this is ridiculous! I keep getting an Error=800C0008 message every time I try to open this MP3!! MP3s do work on my computer...I have lots of songs on my hard drive. Can anybody advise me of what I need to do? I'm not a total computer dummy, but this @#$%^&* computer is driving me nuts lately!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainyann Posted March 16, 2001 Report Share Posted March 16, 2001 FIddlin, If Simon gives me permission I can download the file and email it to you. Simon? Say either yes or no and I will do it so Fiddlin gets to hear your playing. Renee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted March 16, 2001 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2001 That's fine by me, as long as fiddlin doesn't mind having his Inbox clogged up with my scratching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caleb Posted March 16, 2001 Report Share Posted March 16, 2001 simon: i esteem it worth the wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainyann Posted March 16, 2001 Report Share Posted March 16, 2001 Thanks, Simon. Now, Fiddlin, email me and I will email you Simon's MP3 file. I think you will enjoy it. Renee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toasty Posted March 17, 2001 Report Share Posted March 17, 2001 Got it and put in my keepme box The best version I heard in a long time. Simon it is not scratchy at all, least on my box, I put it through a Nikamichi Analogue and it sounds very printable! Now which way does the Bow go to begin, better yet post one round of the 1st and 2nd part with your Bowings, I bet I am not the only one who wants to play it your way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted March 20, 2001 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2001 Thanks Toasty. I put some notation together in ABC. It's not an exact transcription of the mp3, but rather a composite of various bits of the tune the way I play it. It looks a bit cluttered with all the up/down bow markings, but slurs aren't always clear enough in ABC2Win. http://irishfiddle.50megs.com/images/chief.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toasty Posted March 20, 2001 Report Share Posted March 20, 2001 Thanks Simon, got the jpg as well as the tune. BTW How does ABC work? :0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystal Posted March 20, 2001 Report Share Posted March 20, 2001 I am not able to get either link to work. Boo Hoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowHawk Posted March 21, 2001 Report Share Posted March 21, 2001 What absolute, unadultered FUN! Thanks Simon. You've achieved the greatest accomplishment any musician can hope for. Wonderful entertainment of others! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caleb Posted March 21, 2001 Report Share Posted March 21, 2001 simon: i'm not getting anything either. on the link, i get a forbidden message and the other is just a box with a red X in it. crystal: let's start a chant....'we want the tune! we want the tune! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted March 21, 2001 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2001 ShadowHawk - Thanks for your kind compliments. Crystal and Caleb, feel free to email me and I'll reply with the files attached. Toasty, ABC is the name given to a text representation of musical notation. There's a tutorial on it here: http://www.lesession.demon.co.uk/abc/abc_notation.htm ABC2Win is one of a number of programs you can use to translate ABC text into standard notation. More details on it and other software at: http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caleb Posted March 22, 2001 Report Share Posted March 22, 2001 got it. thanks, simon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbear Posted March 22, 2001 Report Share Posted March 22, 2001 The above link will not work because 50MEGS, like many other servers, won't let you access a file directly without first viewing a web page with their paid advertising on it. You'll get the message "Access Forbidden." Here is a work-around: click here: http://irishfiddle.50megs.com/images/ This will give you a directory. Then click on the file "Chiefs" and you should see the jpeg image of the tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlin Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 Simon, you sound great! Rainyann was kind enough to e-mail the MP3 to me (thanks again, Rainyann). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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