Natalie MacMaster - The Silver Spear

[@kevinteichroeb6997]

Is it truly fair if one person is talented, beautiful, kind, and successful?

[@jeffreybarkin3177]

For those that 'May Not Know', NATALIE is one of the new LEAHY "Matriarchs! Congrats on continuing such INCREDIBLE #Celtic Music... Thank You!

[@belichsale]

Dear Natalie i love your music,your hair,your smile...And while we are here i think i love you !!! God bless you!

[@Reeltimescot]

Ah, one of these days I will get round to seeing Natalie live. What a player

[@Kizales]

This has just about every instrument I could ever ask for in music: A bowed instrument A lute instrument A bass instrument A percussive instrument A woodwind instrument A keyboard instrument A banjo

[@Thorendoodle]

She's got one hell of a band playing with her. she's awesome too of course.

[@madmurray81]

Fantastic playing by all. The arrangments work perfectly! Particularly liking their rendition of Lad O'Beirne's!

[@KFischeritz]

i love how she dances around as she plays it shows how much she is enjoying herself

[@joekiernan6037]

duck

[@EricOwensFlute]

Amazing!

[@samhainreads]

Lovely,, Natalie is great

[@sheagaier7582]

omg I was always in love with those tunes! I am so glad I learned to play Glen Road to Carrick (second tune) this year (10 years later lol)

[@jacobsgranddaughter]

this is great - so happy and uplifting - thank you!

[@wwnixon]

the very best

[@IIJAMZYII]

She McMastered that.

[@fiddlingurl]

i love the band intro.

[@ChubbaBoastinTone766]

Friggin A!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JosephEaorle]

It's the same lad o'beirne's I hear at sessions. I know because it remind's me of lafferty's every time. I just saw one of her student's band tonight and she played this tune.

[@Icewarrior101]

damn I love violins wish I played one

[@Newfoundlandfiddler]

Gander is on the island of Newfoundland. However, the province is collectively called "Newfoundland & Labrador."

[@daivboveri]

@jimmbo13: if you look up the tune title "lad o'beirne's favourite" you will find the tune she is playing. "lad o'beirne's" is another tune, named after the same fiddler. the confusion comes in that many who don't know both tunes call them both "lad o'beirne's." please note that she does such a good job with variations on ad o'beirne's fancy, that you might not recognize it. however, there is a dFFF(triplet) riff that she does often which identifies beyond a doubt the tune.

[@Newfoundlandfiddler]

The guitar player is Brad Davidge from Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador.

[@hflat1]

I challenge someone to be sad while hearing this, haha.

[@Harriger55]

Silver Spear is available for free if you do a search for it. I highly recommend Ian Walsh's Online Lessons Video version of it. It comes with an instructional video and sheet music for 8 bucks or so, downloadable online.

[@barstuards1]

@IceWarrior101 When its played like that its called a fiddle!

[@Reeltimescot]

That track is on Blueprint if my memory's right

[@Reeltimescot]

Don't know where you're from diamachic, but this seems to be the standard way of playing it in Cape Breton as far as I can tell. I'm in Scotland, and know a different version also

[@diamachic]

im from ireland...

[@macaibhistin]

Does it get any better?

[@PercyJackson414]

can't be done

[@katesie98]

@nethertr Natalie's dancing? If you've watched any of her other performances you would have seen that she just can't stand still. Even when she's seated her feet are still going. It's not about appealing to the masses, it's the spirit of the music they're playing and the region it comes from; it's lively and made for people to move their feet to. And to be honest, dancing DOES = having fun to most people.

[@hogwashmcturnip8291]

I am still puzzling over how the dancing is "too exaggerared" for a start, she doesnt do any step dancing in this, and for another the lady is on stage, presumably in a large auditorium, so she has to move around to be seen. Its called "Performance" where I come from, I dont see anything excessive about it at all. Dance IS performance, whether you are in the village hall or on stage with Saddler´s Wells. I have never seen a good dancer yet that wasnt flaymboyant, whether that be ballet, Flamenco, Step, the Highland Fling some bimbo dancing around her handbag or a granny doing the quickstep ! Missing the point I feel. Oh and I read some of the other comments and get it now. We have a "purist" probably of little talent or no sucess who likes to belittle others who have more. That´s called jealousy in my world. I had a friend who so wanted to be a writer and "expert" in a certain field. The problem was everything he wrote was so obtuse "the masses"( how quaint and condescending) couldn´t understand it! I knew the subject and I couldnt understand it either! Yet did he try to become more accessible? No, he spent all his time deriding writers who Were succesful in his field. There´s a lot of that pretension and envy about! We must feel sorry for the afflicted, they are unhappy, unfulfilled souls|

[@Brookie201]

yea, I wanna know too, cause I can't hear it

[@diamachic]

i no how 2 play this but i play it differently

[@almasilvestre3179]

like

[@jeff61177]

@hflat1 its an impossibility

[@Beemerboy324]

That sort of looks big for a violin. A viola maybe?

[@jimmbo13]

What is the last tune in the medley. I looked up the sheet music and its not Lad O'beirnes

[@TheNSFiddler]

I’m not sure. The first tune doesn’t resemble what I know as ‘Silver Spear’.

[@kevinmeehan71]

where is this

[@Ilorion]

I challenge someone to stop moving the foot!

[@kadudzinski]

thesession org

[@ritamack5731]

I don't care how good she is as an entertainer, messing around with Traditional music is not appreciated. The composer should be respected as well as the tradition.

[@tunesbyaidan]

you're quite possibly one of the only people that thinks this

[@michaelodwyer7973]

@@tunesbyaidan well here's a second one - and I suspect there are a lot more.

[@MichaelDBiggs]

@@tunesbyaidan exactly. She does justice by playing these songs. Like Jazz music and anything the Allman Brothers ever did live, improvision is awesome and part of the spirit of the song!

[@amirulpipe]

ur not a good entertainer..music is about passion and joy..spirit that gives us happiness..sitting around just wondering whether u play correctly is not music..its dishonest playing..it comes naturally in your heart..tired? let me say this..i play the scottish bagpipe, uillean pipes and flute..i jump off with the audience and they blend it with me..there's no meaning of tired when you really having fun mate..

[@micahsky92]

she has good triplets but i think its a bit overdone. i like liz caroll's arrangement much better.

[@BigAlWeimer]

i do consider natalie a bit awkward but she does play a wicked fiddle.