{"id":3581,"date":"2017-02-01T18:07:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T23:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/?p=3581"},"modified":"2017-02-04T09:20:27","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T14:20:27","slug":"tunes-of-the-month-february-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/?p=3581","title":{"rendered":"Tunes of the Month – February 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Novice Level:<\/strong> Tom Billy’s Polka, a follow up polka to January’s novice Tune of the Month<\/a>. This tune is fun, no doubt, with a great melody.<\/p>\n

Tom Billy’s<\/a> – keep your arrangement simple so you don’t get tied up in technique, polkas are meant to be played quickly!<\/p>\n

Patrick O’Connor’s & Tom Billy’s Polkas<\/a> – coupled with January’s novice tune, Patrick O’Connor’s Polka.<\/p>\n\nhttp:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/oconners-billys.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Intermediate Level:<\/strong> The Uist Reel, which packs a punch for being only 2 parts! The tricky thing about this tune is the back and forth between birls and C# which really gives your pinkie a work out. One source of the tune is Elizabeth Ross’ Manuscript<\/a> on page 180, tune number 146.<\/p>\n

Uist Reel<\/a> – simple and embellished arrangements inspired by Iain MacInnes from his album Tryst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Novice Level: Tom Billy’s Polka, a follow up polka to January’s novice Tune of the Month. This tune is fun, no doubt, with a great melody. Tom Billy’s – keep your arrangement simple so you don’t get tied up in technique, polkas are meant to be played quickly! Patrick O’Connor’s & Tom Billy’s Polkas – … Continue reading Tunes of the Month – February 2017<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tune-of-the-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3581"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3613,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3581\/revisions\/3613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}