Tunes for The Tall Pines

Instruments: Lyre Harp, Tin Whistle, Bell

No Cry Babies

An original whistle waltz. The tune took two days or so for the A part and B part to come about. After the A part was written and before the B part was written, I happened to see three red foxes, and that felt like a nice thing to title the tune.

Instruments:
Killarney D tin whistle, Jerry Freeman low A tin whistle

Three Red Foxes

Instruments:
Doug Tipple flute, Moroccan clay drums, sleigh bells, karatala, guiro, tongue drum

Four Pheasants

A tune written while drinking dandelion tea.

Instruments: Kentucky mandolin, Killarney whistle, Doug Tipple flute, claps, sleigh bells, acoustic guitar, triangle

*The photo is of a leaf with a beard of beard lichen

Dandelion Tea

An old time folk tune.

Instruments:
Hugh Tracy kalimba, Doug Tipple low D flute, frame drum, Moroccan clay drums, egg shaker, glockenspiel

Ducks On The Millpond

A tune that arose as I was on my way to buy celery and cabbage for my soup.

Instruments:
Tenor guitar, Killarney D whistle, Burke low G whistle

Celery & Cabbage

An original tune, titled in appreciation of one of my favorite fungi to encounter and eat. 

Instruments:
McNally strumstick, Doug Tipple low D flute, Moroccan clay drums, frame drum, egg shaker, tingsha bells

Black Trumpets

Instruments:
Burke low G whistle, tenor guitar, organ

White Goat

This composition arose while sitting beside a window with my cat and listening to the birds chirp in the morning.

Instruments:
Gold Tone tenor guitar, Doug Tipple low D flute, Jerry Freeman low A whistle

Sitting Beside A Cat And Listening To The Chirps Of Birds

A tune written on a strumstick after watching a documentary on condors. 

Instruments:
McNally strumstick, Killarney whistle, shruti box, organ, tingsha bells

Condor

An ocarina tune dedicated to this nice looking and nice tasting fungi. 

Instruments:
Jubo ocarina, Kentucky mandolin, sleigh bells, frame drum, tingsha bells

Lion's Mane

An original whistle waltz, written on a day that I saw a lot of Eastern Pheobes.

Instruments:
Burke tin whistle, Gold Tone tenor guitar

Eastern Pheobe

Instruments:
mandolin, tenor guitar, tambourine, ankle bells, tingsha bells

Tufted Titmouse

While writing this tune, a Bald Eagle flew by my window toward the lake I live beside. The feature that struck me the most in that moment was how large its feet were.

Instruments:
McNally strumstick, Doug Tipple flute, kanjira, manjira, bamboo jaw harp, cymbal, guiro

The Eagle's Feet

This piece was written after seeing a broad-winged hawk and a northern harrier flying above a meadow. 

Instruments:
tenor guitar, tin whistle, melodica, tingsha bells

Northern Harrier

Written after visiting a beautiful spot called Farrar Marsh.

Instruments:
Gold Tone tenor guitar, Doug Tipple flute, karatala

Farrar Marsh

Instruments:
Jubo pendant ocarina, Burke tin whistle, WuYou tongue drum, Pearl travel bongos, egg shaker, sleigh bells, tingsha bells, karatala

Red - Bellied Woodpecker

Instruments:
Irish bouzouki, tenor guitar, tin whistle, flute, tambourine, cymbal, and clapping

Shining Club Moss

The A part of this tune was written while in the company of a fellow who's last name is Grey. The B part of the tune was written on a snowy gray day. So it seemed fitting to title the tune for the color gray.
And I also enjoy the song "Blue Jay Way" by the Beatles, and figured I'd give a tip of the hat to that as well.

Instruments:
Burke C tin whistle, tenor ukulele, organ (or at least an organ sound on an iPad)

Gray Day Way

Instruments:
Seagull Merlin dulcitar, Burke tin whistle, Gold Tone tenor guitar, tingsha bells, tambourine

Dark - Eyed Junco

Original compositions played upon various acoustic instruments. 

At the moment, the majority of music I record is original folk tunes. Most of these tunes arise whilst out in natural ecosystems or shortly after visiting a natural ecosystem. The titles often reflect an aspect of the ecosystem I had noticed while the tune came about. Lately this is usually a species of bird.

Tin whistles and flutes appear the most often in my recordings; though mandolin, tenor guitar, lyre harp, jaw harp, dulcitar, and a handful of other instruments show up fairly often as well.

And here's some more music I've made along with my friend Dan Jones:
https://soundcloud.com/user-453898279

Tunes for The Tall Pines

Zach Schneider