SILVER SPIRE ✨ Traditional Irish reel

✨ Played by Liz Faiella on fiddle and Dan Faiella on guitar ✨
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[@jonathanjeffreys3007]

Oh, how I envy your beautifully relaxed fiddle style, still retaining a nice amount of "oomph", making it toe-tapping and danceable. Nice one! I'll have to bookmark this one.

[@LizFaiellaMusic]

Might quote you on the back of my next album: "Nice amount of oomph!" I actually really like that. Thanks so much :)

[@jonathanjeffreys3007]

@@LizFaiellaMusic Please feel free to quote me! Salutations from the UK. JJ

[@BeyondGuitar]

Liz, that sounds amazing!!!!! We should play together sometime:)

[@RaymondBilodeau]

Great talent that's hard to match. Your playing inspires me to improve.

[@glennschwartz1860]

Thanks again… still working it at 50% speed but getting better 👍😀

[@PseudoAccurate]

This is such a beautiful tune. You play it well and with a joyful smile that is a pleasure to watch. Love the harmony as well. Keep it up!

[@fiddleexpress-beckfamilyband]

I love that you show both parts the backing up and the melody thanks for sharing

[@joekagerer]

Hey Fiddle Express, we're mutual fans! I'm your fan too!

[@grahamhall2662]

A fiddle player not crashing and crunching the bow into the string like one so often hears. Sounds really nice, well done.

[@williambradford3627]

Sooo beautiful!! This is my FAVORITE version of this great tune!!! So SMOOTHE, Liz!!!!! Thank you.

[@LizFaiellaMusic]

Aw thank you!!

[@peakfiddler]

Really like your interpretation of this tune, plus harmony parts and cross bowed breaks. Great playing

[@LizFaiellaMusic]

Thank you!! Writing the harmony is honestly my favorite part

[@michelelaraia7358]

Listened,along with Sarah Loughran from York,England.Interesting and I knew the matter and the melody.In Italy is surnamed Faiella a famous singer of the 60s from the Naples' island of Capri,Giuseppe.Art name:Peppino di Capri(of C.).81 now.

[@glennschwartz1860]

Im so happy to learn & play along w u, first at 50% speed & gradually increase. Your BEAUTIFUL SMILE & DEMEANOR make it especially pleasant!! Thank you 🙏

[@joekagerer]

Thank goodness for the gear, if I slow you to 75% I can keep up! 😂🤣🙂 It gives me a goal!

[@mbjsrl]

Wonderful job (as usual...) ! Speaking of harmony, I tried to play Whiskey Before Breakfast along your track...lots of points in common ! Un sentito grazie dall'Italia !

[@LizFaiellaMusic]

It's true!! It's basically the same tune in some places.

[@LizFaiellaMusic]

P.S. My dad's side of the family is Italian and I can't *wait* to go back there post-COVID!

[@bruneaulefeuvre7148]

Wonderful!! Congratulations, that’s my prefered plying by you! Thanks😊

[@TheCelticClanBoston]

Thanks for the info Liz....didn't think it was just a built-in microphone on an i-phone...kudos to your brother on guitar and I shall to continue to "A-SPIRE" to becoming a fiddle-player (ish) Dublin Mainer....

[@brokolee3129]

Liz i cant thank you enough, this is my vavorite fiddle song of al time, because of you and this video i startet playing my Fiddle again and it fills me with so much joy, thank you so much ❤

[@vio4jesus]

Fun, Fun, Fun.......reminds me a bit of Blackberry Blossom in G, with the walk down from the root.

[@BrunoTunes]

Just can’t mKe my mind up which was more beautiful: the playing or your smile 🤣👍🏻

[@robertshorthill4153]

I think Mr. Peak fiddler does this one in superb fashion. I could listen to anybody play this one for hours. When I'm stacking my wood pile, the Spire runs thru my head to where I can play it in my mind. I think it's one of my all time favorite fiddle tunes. Of course I play it on my old mando. Been trying to get Baron Collins Hill to teach it, but to no avail, yet. I guess he feels flop ear mule is more important. Cheers, dear young lady -- you've got it very well.

[@LizFaiellaMusic]

Aw thank you Robert! I'm a huge fan of Baron's. Maybe I'll start bugging him to do this one too :)

[@robertshorthill4153]

@@LizFaiellaMusic Oh thanks for the comment. Yeah, I sent Baron the tabs and notation for the Spire back when he lived in Maine. Mentioned to him what a sensational Irish reel it was and since he was teaching great Irish reels, he should teach it to his fans, followers, and viewers. I have learned a lot of what I attempt to play and collect from Baron's teachings. Peak fiddler is another. Fiddle Castro is probably the third. They show the notation, which I like. I find Jason from fiddleHed does fun stuff too. I've been working on the Lonesome Fiddle Blues by Vassar Clements, for mandolin. I don't play fiddle, never have. It's a great tune he composed in 1946 or so. Jason teaches the basic melody which is interesting enough. Cheers, dear friend -- always enjoy your tunes and style. Bob in Montana.

[@joekagerer]

@@robertshorthill4153 Hi Bob, I'm a big Baron fan too, same fingerings and music for the mandolin as fiddle if Liz has a lesson that may be enough I would think to work it up on the mandolin.

[@alanknights2779]

Isn't that tune the original Irish version of the Arkansas traveler?

[@LizFaiellaMusic]

Ooh. I don't know! Interesting question...

[@joekagerer]

From what I've learned for Arkansas traveler they are different tunes. Arkansas Traveler is what we sang as kids "I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee" that was back before the turn of the century though...

[@jrcrawford4]

One of the best fiddle tunes ever and perhaps my favorite. You make it look effortless and carefree and yet, as the other commenter said, the Oomph is there! Love it.

[@alanknights2779]

Hi, I am very impressed by your back step rhythm, I have tried slowly 80 pulse per Quarter note then gradually speed up but as I get quicker the bow gets more jerky on the quick up bows I can't get the relaxed fluidity at your speed which doesn't actually sound fast or rushed, but you are playing fast.

[@LizFaiellaMusic]

Starting slow and speeding up gradually is key, I think! Hang in there. Sometimes it's just a matter of time. Also playing with groups of people who are good at relaxed playing can help too. I've learned a lot by osmosis :)

[@TheCelticClanBoston]

H Liz...greetings form neighbour state-Maine....LOVE your tone and easy bowing style...not rushed yet accurate and easily followed for an 'aspiring" fiddle-player like myself....being originally from Ireland I am used to hearing tunes played "on steroids" ....what equipment do you use for recording your fiddle?.....again thanks and keep the tunes coming

[@LizFaiellaMusic]

Hi Frank, thank you so much!! I use a Sony PCM-M10 voice recorder actually (I bought it a long time ago when I thought I'd be a freelance journalist), and then my brother has a camera that I borrow for the video :) I put it all in Garageband to mix it, then put the video and audio together in iMovie. A bit of a laborious and not-high-tech process. But it works! So nice to get your message. And hooray for Maine!! So many of my favorite musicians live there!

[@bodfer1]

I'm really sad this tune not included in the lesson series😪

[@DSteinman]

Great playing and groove!

[@George-c8w3o]

Hi this is Joshua it sounds beautiful

[@bodfer1]

that was just great thanx Liz

[@janmassier7003]

Perfect Liz!!!

[@HenryVandenburgh]

Really smooth!

[@T.Q209]

Awesomeness

[@tytoalba3813]

Gorgeous

[@ango5519]

Beautiful!

[@chriskelly9653]

Do you have the sheet music for it , great tune.

[@LizFaiellaMusic]

Yes! Sheet music and fiddle lesson videos for this tune (and many of the others that I post) are at www.patreon.com/lizfaiellamusic

[@robertshorthill4153]

Chris Kelly. Go to Fiddle Castro on YT. They play the tune and have the notation posted. The best part is that it's free. They also show many, many other great tunes worth learning. Cheers, my friend. I hope this helps. Bob

[@robertshorthill4153]

Also, the FIDDLE Channel w/ Chris Hage. More notation, and a good tutorial on how to play it. Again free. Liz does a fine job on this wonderful tune, as do many people. It is probably my all time favorite. It has everything one would need to know about playing most Irish reels. I play these tunes on mandolin. Never would attempt the fiddle but get the same joy from a well tuned mando. Cheers. Bob

[@chriskelly9653]

Thanks for the info.