You've got to love the titles on some of these Irish tunes!

2015 08 23 I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave

I learned this lovely tune from Cayley Schmid, who learned it at a fiddle camp over the summer of 2015.  It was taught by some Swedish fiddlers, who actually referred to the melody as being Scottish in origin.  This harmony, apparently, was made up at the fiddle camp as an accompaniment.

2016 01 30 Swedish Lullaby (harmony)

An arrangement of Turlough O'Carolan's "Farewell To Music" for solo glockenspiel.

2017 03 06 Farewell To Music

An imperfect performance of Turlough O'Carolan's "Concerto" done solo on glockenspiel.  I'm working on this tune in preparation for playing it with three other musicians (whistle, banjo, autoharp).

The biggest mistake here is a wrong note at 1:07, plus a few timing hiccups.  Otherwise, it came out fairly well.

2017 03 06 O'Carolan's Concerto

One of the first times I tried playing tunes on my vibraphone.  I'm posting this track only as a record to compare progress later on.  Please don't tell me how badly my tempo drifts of how I need to get better at using the sustain pedal -- I already know it sucks.

Fumbling Around on the Vibraphone

2017 July 07 Atholl Highlanders

Soggy's slipjig played on a Malletech Omina vibraphone

2017-10-15 Soggys_Slipjig

Star of the County Down played on a Dusty Strings PD-40 hammered dulcimer

2016-07-16_Star_Of_The_County_Down

"Coilsfield House" by Nathaniel Gow, played on a Malletech Omina vibraphone

2017-07-30_Coilsfield_House

An old English tune called "Masters In This Hall" (usually played at Christmas) on my Malletech Omina vibraphone

2017-10-15_Masters_In_This_Hall

Some random ideas for an Irish-style jig, played on my Malletech Omina vibraphone

2017 10 08 Random Jig Concept

Random concept for an Irish-style polka, played on my Malletech Omina vibraphone

2017 07 30 Random Polka Concept

A beginning adult musician, learning to play keyboard, glockenspiel, hammered dulcimer, and drums.  Began learning music in earnest in July of 2014.  

Bought a vibraphone in summer 2017, and consider it my primary instrument now!

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