It's hard to define the "best" when you're talking about something like Irish fiddle music. You can definitely say, though, that Frankie is at the very top level of Irish fiddle playing, along with a very few others (John Doherty, Liz Carroll, Kevin Burke, Tommy Peoples, etc.) who all play in very different styles.
@suezn
17 жыл бұрын
Man I gotta have more of this stuff. Unbeleivable!!
@jayrbee60
14 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! I don't think I could even keep rythmn with him... I'd case up my guitar and watch and listen to the master!
@gabrielkeown38
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful reel great fiddle playing
@martinmcmutrie
17 жыл бұрын
Brilliant - please post more of Frankie Gavin.
@44ebreizh
13 жыл бұрын
you're right !! frankie gavin is a great musician !!
@IanTranSend
14 жыл бұрын
I love how he gently climbs down from the tempo with some bounces of the bow, a bunch of double stops, and a choice harmonic after all that excitement at the end. It's like hearing an old train arrive at the station after a white-knuckle ride through the mountains or something!
@johntuohy1867
3 ай бұрын
That fox gets no chance to escape.
@Raichu234
12 жыл бұрын
wow that was amazing. One of my favourite reels! Simply stunning :)
@HellzNord
11 жыл бұрын
Now that's PRO. Damn good!
@geneosis
15 жыл бұрын
wooo! ye!
@seamuslynn
15 жыл бұрын
Go Frankie!!
@UISTMAN59
15 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! Of more than twelve thousand viewsings you were the first to notice!
@UISTMAN59
17 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment, and for mentioning names that are new to me. I'll need to listen to these, if I can.
@UISTMAN59
16 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that note Clarebannerman.
@UISTMAN59
14 жыл бұрын
@violayla Thanks for the question. The programme featured fiddlers from North Amercia, Scandanavia and Britain e.g. Mark O'Connor, Aly Bain, Vassar Clements, Vincent Campbell, Maighread Ni Mhaonaigh. Yehudi Menuhin talked on the programme about Frankie's playing and improvisational skills. I have it on tape but I have not posted it.
@UISTMAN59
14 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@clarebannerman
16 жыл бұрын
The Foxhunters Reel came from the playing of Patrick Kelly of Cree,County Clare.
@UISTMAN59
15 жыл бұрын
Have a look at my other posting of this tune "Irish Fiddle : Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh" for an excellent version of this Irish Reel, same tune as played by Frankie but sounding somehow different. :-)
@Melvorgazh
4 жыл бұрын
I like them both as musicians. But I heard Frankie is not too friendly. Máireid is an angel piece of cream ❤️
@Melvorgazh
4 жыл бұрын
@@BrainFPatterson Well, so much the better then. I don't know him personally so I don't really say he is unfriendly. It's just something I heard. Never mind. And thanks for sharing you anecdotes :) Where is that RDS?
@Melvorgazh
4 жыл бұрын
@@BrainFPatterson Ceart go leor. Thanks :)
@clarebannerman
15 жыл бұрын
The Foxhunters Reel---see James Kelly's version which he got from the late Patrick Kelly of Cree, County Clare.
@brianpatterson7332
6 жыл бұрын
James Kelly tuned his fiddle AEAE on his recorded version of The Foxhunters', and also when I saw him perform it with Arty McGlynn in concert. Kelly's version is wonderful but Frankie's is on a whole other level, in my opinion.
@UISTMAN59
16 жыл бұрын
Hi rushkil79 I think it must have been late Eighties. It featured Mark O'Connor, Aly Bain & Vincent Campbell, Maighread Ni Mhaonaigh and Yehudi Menuhin. Definitely before 1992.
@UISTMAN59
16 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your note RuailleBuaille16. That he can play all the notes in the right order at that speed is ample demonstration of his skill. He doesn't always play at this speed as you can hear on the other third posting I have of Frankie. For those who like the slower version of the Foxhunter, listen to Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh playing it.
@sexycaty666
13 жыл бұрын
I think it is amazing. I would love to play like him someday. I think his bow may be a little to loose though.
@UISTMAN59
16 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment BrainFPatterson. I think that echoes my own comments of four months ago.
@violayla
14 жыл бұрын
@UISTMAN59 what do you mean, yehudi menuhin? where does he comment frankie?
@UISTMAN59
14 жыл бұрын
The great Yehudi Menuhin didnt think he messed it up so I don't think there can be much wrong with it. If you think he is just seeing how fast we can play it then you should post your version and then we'll see if you can play it at all never mind play it this fast!
@Oakframe73
15 жыл бұрын
Great. What do I win?
@macker8894
12 жыл бұрын
for anybody who says its too fast or theres so many mistakes...its never too fast for traditional players like Franky here or almost and traditional fiddle player...and those "mistakes" are one of the fantastic features of trad irish music...look up other reels or jigs (even by Franky) before u post stupid comments
@TripToWindsor
11 жыл бұрын
Did you ever post it?
@UISTMAN59
17 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the reply, although I don't think its right to compare fiddlers who play different styles. It's like saying Tony McCoy is a better jockey than Kieren Fallon (or vice versa). Frankie has played in the past with Stephane Grappelli, and with Sir Yehudi Menuhin and was admired by both. His "Arrival of the Quuen of Sheba (in Galway) is superb.
@clarebannerman
16 жыл бұрын
If you watch my James Kelly video clip you will hear reference to what I said.
@EJsacasa
11 жыл бұрын
I still don't understand how fiddlers make that fast "trtrr" sound in between certain notes. Can someone please tell me how to do it
@dazpatreg
7 жыл бұрын
I think what you're talking about is what's called a bowed triplet, very common in Irish and Scottish music (particularly in the northwestern styles of Sligo and Donegal) and to some extent in American Appalachian music and Newfoundland. What you do basically is you take a long dotted note, so say for instance a long open A and you do three strokes of the bow (most commonly down up down) so that the string produces a dead 'scratchy' sound. If you google Kevin Burke bowed triplet there's a good explanation of how to do it.
@UISTMAN59
16 жыл бұрын
I have posted a tune by KevinBurke already?
@bobcollier001
15 жыл бұрын
Holy smoke. Slow down!! There's a great tune in there somewhere.
@UISTMAN59
14 жыл бұрын
This is not "really bad" If you think it is "really bad" then please post your version for comparison purposes!
@Catrionah363
12 жыл бұрын
I have a version for you! John 'The Tae' Gallagher in Ardara, Donegal from 20 years ago in Nancys, will post tomorrow, fingers? You ain't heard nothing yet! This boy had nothing on John (sorry frankie, loving your style but an award winning fiddler from ardara of 70 years of age? There's a while to go yet...) posting soon....
@Oakframe73
15 жыл бұрын
Have you all noticed that the soundtrack's not in time with the picture? - really annoying
@UISTMAN59
15 жыл бұрын
I trust you are jest, mongorich?
@RockyRoader
15 жыл бұрын
Great technical playing - lots of triplets and ornamentation in there, at great speed - but it loses a lot of the spirit of the tune at that speed.
@domhnullbeag
5 жыл бұрын
Speed - I agree. Technical brilliance and artistry are not always synonymous!
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