Eadaoin Ní Mhaicín - Reels on the Viola

From the Rogha Gleas at the 2014 Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. The final tune is "Lucy Campbell's"

[@DidierTalvat]

Extra ! Wich deep sound ! 😉👍

[@therealmcoys3892]

Wow! Sounds amazing on the viola! Thank you for sharing!

[@bonenfant96]

Just plain awesome.

[@naiagp6952]

Great, I love it!!

[@JohnMcPhersonStrutt]

ENCORE ! ! ! (Pleeeeeease ! !)

[@bonenfant96]

The first reel is: Farewell to Milltown. I think it's a version of Paddy on the Turnpike.

[@anthonyclegg1511]

If they classed the viola as a lead instrument, they would sell more, and rightly so.

[@erikm8372]

And nowadays there's no excuse, with every other instrument available in every key and tuning. There was even a flat session on Mondays in Limerick when k lived there! I know wind players used to complain in the past, at sessions, if fiddlers and box players would do G minor or flat tunes. Lol. But plenty of pipes and flutes have keys and chanters, tuned appropriately, and whistles are available always in every key.

[@jackray2510]

@@erikm8372 trad session violinists will refuse to play tunes a fifth down even if it's still in their range and their fingerings are *exactly the same.* So I as a violist do all the shifting and/or learning different fingerings to play a full octave down just so I can fit in.

[@tomgreene2282]

Great to hear ...pushing out ...but still trad.