Click on the "Home" tab in the menu then click on the "Search" tab. Enter "Newfoundland" into the search box and search the results by checking the info under the headings "The Session: Tunes". You may find a few tunes that way.
I also submitted a reel and jig from Newfoundland, that I picked up from CDs; I've never heard either at a session, though, and I don't know how often they are played:
All Around Aunt Ruby's Garden
The Black Rogue
The Feller From Fortune
Mussels In the Corner
Velvet in the Wind
Hound's Tune
Gerald Thomas' Burnt Potato
Festival Reel
I know all those tunes are here on this website. There's thousands and thousands of more out there, and I'm sorry I can't point you in the right direction of finding more short of buying some CDs or books. Good luck in the search.
The sixth track contains three Newfoundland 'singles', which I presume are so called single reels. All three of them are in the tunes section.
To me they sound as polkas, and as such they are listed on this site. I wondered what single reels are, I rarely hear this term so I did a little search.
www.irishtune.info describes them as follows:
'Single reel. See also note above under "reel" regarding the confusing and common use of the term "single reel" to refer to a regular reel "played singly" or "played single." The distinct tune type "single reel", which is only rarely encountered in Irish music, is easily mistaken for a polka or a reel, even by experienced musicians, or for a fast hornpipe or barn dance. Considering the unique dance steps that go with single reels known in the Munster region, it seems to be most akin to the class of polkas that are very march-like. I would also agree that you could characterize it as a reel with a frequent substitution of a held note for a heavy-light pair, especially on strong beats...... Single reels are usually notated in 2/4, like polkas, and my bar counts reflect that notation.'
Ack, wrote a nice long reply and The Session / Firefox ate it.
Hank, in Newfoundland it's always just "single". I don't know enough about traditional single reel playing or dancing practices to know if there is a connection back in the mists of time.
There are also "doubles", which are very roughly akin to Irish slides IMO, and I've seen reels called "triples". (Off the top of my head, on Vince Collins' album.)
Banks of Newfoundland: A quick check suggests I've got two different tunes in my Newfoundland music collection with that name, neither of which is the tune linked above. There are two different songs with that name as well...
(Actually, giving one of Vince's triples another listen, it sounds different enough from an Irish reel that it is probably an over-simplification to identify them as such.)
I have read some good stuff on Newfoundland tunes on Newfoundland musical group Great Big Sea's web site, look especially at the material that Bob Hallett has posted, he talks about the types of tunes, including 'singles,' mentions source books that are used, etc, etc.
newfoundland jigs and reels
newfoundland jigs and reels
just wondering if anyone has any trad newfoundland jigs and reels tabbed or in abc format would be awsome
cheers
# Posted on October 16th 2009 by thom corcoran
Re: newfoundland jigs and reels
Click on the "Home" tab in the menu then click on the "Search" tab. Enter "Newfoundland" into the search box and search the results by checking the info under the headings "The Session: Tunes". You may find a few tunes that way.
# Posted on October 16th 2009 by joesmith
Re: newfoundland jigs and reels
I heard this reel at a session in St. John's, and fell in love:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6743
I also submitted a reel and jig from Newfoundland, that I picked up from CDs; I've never heard either at a session, though, and I don't know how often they are played:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/7651
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/9141
# Posted on October 17th 2009 by Tall, Dark, and Mysterious
Re: newfoundland jigs and reels
All Around Aunt Ruby's Garden
The Black Rogue
The Feller From Fortune
Mussels In the Corner
Velvet in the Wind
Hound's Tune
Gerald Thomas' Burnt Potato
Festival Reel
I know all those tunes are here on this website. There's thousands and thousands of more out there, and I'm sorry I can't point you in the right direction of finding more short of buying some CDs or books. Good luck in the search.
# Posted on October 17th 2009 by dannym
Re: newfoundland jigs and reels
a couple more on here
rock valley jig
sally's jig(one i submitted, anyone familiar with it?)
# Posted on October 17th 2009 by mellow_bellows
Re: newfoundland jigs and reels
Look up Emile Benoit on this site and in other places..
He was a very well known fiddler from that area, who wrote a number of good tunes
# Posted on October 17th 2009 by jardineromi
Re: newfoundland jigs and reels
The Banks of Newfoundland: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3172
I'm not very sure if it's played in Newfoundland.
# Posted on October 17th 2009 by slainte
Re: newfoundland jigs and reels
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/2293
# Posted on October 17th 2009 by Kenny
Re: newfoundland jigs and reels
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/207
The sixth track contains three Newfoundland 'singles', which I presume are so called single reels. All three of them are in the tunes section.
To me they sound as polkas, and as such they are listed on this site. I wondered what single reels are, I rarely hear this term so I did a little search.
www.irishtune.info describes them as follows:
'Single reel. See also note above under "reel" regarding the confusing and common use of the term "single reel" to refer to a regular reel "played singly" or "played single." The distinct tune type "single reel", which is only rarely encountered in Irish music, is easily mistaken for a polka or a reel, even by experienced musicians, or for a fast hornpipe or barn dance. Considering the unique dance steps that go with single reels known in the Munster region, it seems to be most akin to the class of polkas that are very march-like. I would also agree that you could characterize it as a reel with a frequent substitution of a held note for a heavy-light pair, especially on strong beats...... Single reels are usually notated in 2/4, like polkas, and my bar counts reflect that notation.'
# Posted on October 17th 2009 by Henk Bos
Re: newfoundland jigs and reels
Ack, wrote a nice long reply and The Session / Firefox ate it.
Hank, in Newfoundland it's always just "single". I don't know enough about traditional single reel playing or dancing practices to know if there is a connection back in the mists of time.
There are also "doubles", which are very roughly akin to Irish slides IMO, and I've seen reels called "triples". (Off the top of my head, on Vince Collins' album.)
Banks of Newfoundland: A quick check suggests I've got two different tunes in my Newfoundland music collection with that name, neither of which is the tune linked above. There are two different songs with that name as well...
# Posted on October 17th 2009 by Sol Foster
Re: newfoundland jigs and reels
(Actually, giving one of Vince's triples another listen, it sounds different enough from an Irish reel that it is probably an over-simplification to identify them as such.)
# Posted on October 17th 2009 by Sol Foster
Re: newfoundland jigs and reels
Just remembered there's a nice video of people dancing an old dance to singles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaKVLOmXKYU
# Posted on October 17th 2009 by Sol Foster
Re: newfoundland jigs and reels
I have read some good stuff on Newfoundland tunes on Newfoundland musical group Great Big Sea's web site, look especially at the material that Bob Hallett has posted, he talks about the types of tunes, including 'singles,' mentions source books that are used, etc, etc.
# Posted on October 17th 2009 by AlBrown
Re: newfoundland jigs and reels
If you want to hear some things in a more or less original fashion try looking at
http://www.singsonginc.ca/catalog.html
# Posted on October 18th 2009 by nfldbox
Re: newfoundland jigs and reels
<<Ack, wrote a nice long reply and The Session / Firefox ate it.>>
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# Posted on October 18th 2009 by Jimij
Re: newfoundland jigs and reels
Single=funny kind of polka
Double= very straight jig
Triple= very straight reel
# Posted on October 23rd 2009 by dannym