Irish

[dancingflutist3000]

For our next band concert in March we are playing songs with an
Irish theme. This is my first time playing true Irish songs and I love it! Even
more so than jazz. I''m not sure but in some of the songs we''re playing I
feel as if the flute is featured a little more than usual is that usual for most
Irish music or just so happens to be for the songs we''re playing.

[WhistlerCampbell]

I would think that the flutes being brought out alot would be
typical of Irish music played by a band. This is an "educated guess" because the
pennywhistle, an Irish instrument, is often featured in traditional Irish music
and mistaken for the flute. So I'd think- unless your band has pennywhistles-
that the flute would be used for those parts. And the flute just plain sounds
good in Irish music. What songs are you playing? I love Celtic music... Have
fun playing it!

[uatinde]

I have played "Irish Tune from County Dairy" and it does have a
flute feature.. it is heck to tune Good Luck

[flautist blackie]

great. i havent really played much irish music..personally, i
love playing movie music (lord of the rings, pirates of the carribean (dang that
was soo fun!, john williams, ect.). um..."flutist" is spelled "flautist" if you
didnt already know (ha...i used to spell it "floetist"). sorry, had to mention
that...my band teacher is obsessed with spellings.

[ick27]

[:)] Thats quite a can of worms you've opened blackie (on what
to call flute players--flutists, flautists, etc..) Flutist and flautist are both
correct spellings actually! (Of course, they are prounced differently as well,
but they both refer to flute players.) I like Nancy Toff's article in the
preface of "The Flute Book." She explains that the word "flautist" didn't come
in to use until the mid-1800's and was probably created from the Italian word
for flute, "flauto". The word has certainly entered the language now, but I
still prefer "flutist" myself. Not that I would get into fights on the street
over which is correct, but since I own a few flutes and no flauts, it seems only
natural that I call myself a flutist. I think we flute players are lucky to have
so many different types of flutes to play, and so many different words to call
ourselves! Much more interesting than only being able to call oneself a single
thing, like "violinist." [:)] -Bradford