Re: [Harp-L] Irish/celtic harmonica

["JOHN AUST" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Blunt,
 As well as James Conway's, Steve Shaw's and Brendan Power's CDs have a 
look at James Thurgood's  Handy Little Rig,
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/thurgood
and  the Murphy's Trip to Cullenstown
http://robertburnsstore.com/sr_highl_CC55CD.html

All of these CDs are excellent.
I find Melody Assistant really helpful, it produces harmonica tab for ABC 
files http://www.myriad-online.com/en/products/melody.htm (free to download, 
cheap for full version, tab for standard tunings in all keys for diatonic 
and chromatic but also customisable for Paddy Richter and XB40 as far as 
semitone bends)
along with http://abcnavigator.free.fr/  (free)
and sites like http://www.thesession.org/tunes/index.php and 
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/ndx/NE.html (replace NE with the first two 
letters of a tune you wish to find in ABC) some ABC files, lots of text abc.
Melody maker loads ABC files, abcnavigator converts text abc to ABC files.
The site http://www.slowplayers.org/Slowplayers_Music_List.html already 
mentioned produces ABC files that Melody Assistant can convert (57 reels 
saved in under 10 seconds, first tune tabbed and ready less than 10 seconds 
later with tune being played)
Usual disclaimer, I've no connection with any of the above except as 
satified and astonished user.

  Those irish tunes are addictive but don't be put off by the speed of 
playing, just admire it and enjoy the fun.

                                         Lurcherjohn.