pete_fiddle - Posted - 08/15/2025:  14:40:29

Gonna have a go at this one next

youtube.com/shorts/yKwX1itGbG4

UsuallyPickin - Posted - 08/15/2025:  18:28:07

So, is that a "slip" jig?

martyjoe - Posted - 08/16/2025:  04:06:26

Sounds like a reel to me.

UsuallyPickin - Posted - 08/16/2025:  05:06:08

The Muddy Slope. . . . . once again, my sense of humor escapes me......

DougD - Posted - 08/16/2025:  07:08:35

Yes, its a reel, but it took me awhile to "catch" it. She's not the most rhythmic player. Kind of reminds me of something else, but I can't quite place it. Happens a lot these days.

Edited by - DougD on 08/16/2025 07:12:24

pete_fiddle - Posted - 08/16/2025:  12:18:47

I think Rich is Joking, if you want a bit bit more rhythm here's the same tune with banjo...And a Bodhran later on.

Reckon its meant to be a bit "slip"...pery

but yeah it's a reel

Edited by - pete_fiddle on 08/16/2025 12:33:35

martyjoe - Posted - 08/16/2025:  13:21:27

One thing for sure : it’s reely good!!! Both the composition and the playing.

pete_fiddle - Posted - 08/16/2025:  13:49:21

Here's a reely nice jig by the same.

DougD - Posted - 08/16/2025:  17:53:18

Here's another "slippery" one you might like. No one is injured, but there's some nice "seconding" and light as a feather dancing:
youtu.be/gk8gfmuPtJo?feature=shared

ChickenMan - Posted - 08/16/2025:  18:34:22

Seems plenty rhythmic to me. Quirky funny tune

farmerjones - Posted - 08/16/2025:  20:36:28

Such a nice tune. It makes my arm tired listening tho.

DougD - Posted - 08/17/2025:  08:36:49

I was a little surprised I hadn't heard of this person, but its a big country. In any case, it seems in addition to playing the fiddle she's a singer and songwriter, formerly maybe more "folk," but seemingly now more "indie rock" or "alt Americana (?)." Here's an example of her work from a decade or so ago: broadjam.com/songs/saramilonov...ee-lights
BTW, she spells her last name "Milonovich," if you want to look for more of her music.

The Violin Beautiful - Posted - 08/17/2025:  10:04:24

I think one of her videos popped up as a YouTube suggestion a while back. Her tune is not a slip jig (I think Richard was probably just making a pun as well, anyway) but it has a number of slides intended to sound like sliding around in the mud. While the slides are sometimes played with a ritard, the playing is rhythmically tight and the tube is fairly straightforward. There are syncopations throughout that lean across bar lines, but they’re carried out in time and they represent a common feature of Celtic fiddling. Old Time players tend not to use syncopated ties that cross measured, so their appearance in a tune can be confusing for them. I’ve said it before, but a player once told me that the secret to making tunes sound Irish was to start playing so that the bow changes didn’t all line up with the beginnings of measures.

I think it’s a fine tune.

Brian Wood - Posted - 08/17/2025:  10:26:08

I notice many younger old-time players do cross the bar lines for syncopation, and I play many tunes that way myself. Betse Ellis is a good example of this. I don't spend much time listening to the older recordings, but what you say makes me wonder if this anticipated-attack style of phrasing is  a modern trend.

I also think the tune here is very good.

Edited by - Brian Wood on 08/17/2025 10:28:20