The Irish Washerwoman (Demonstrational Video)
I live in an older home, and when the winter arrives, the drain line for the washer machine often freezes and I can’t do my laundry! Thankfully, this is only during a hard freeze. Recently, we an extended period where I couldn’t do my laundry. (No worries, I have a lot of clothes!) As the weather warmed up, there were a few days where it seemed like all I did was laundry.
With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner, and my recent days dedicated to laundry, I thought it appropriate to play The Irish Washerwoman.
This is just a quick arrangement of the tune tailored exclusively for this blog. I play it rapidly, as expression of how much I wish that laundry could be done with FAST!
Enjoy!
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Desire for Departure (Demonstrational Video)
A lot of people have been asking me how Desire for Departure is played. One day, I do hope to release the notation for it. But for now, this is a live demonstration of my composition, Desire for Departure.
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This is a solo version of the song. When originally arranged, I had the instrumentation in mind. Since the song is largely repetitive and doesn’t rely on tune variations/additional embellishments to enhance the arrangement, the gradual speed increase is intentional to create tension and interest in order to keep it from dragging. Normally, I would not recommend this approach.
The secondary purpose for showing this demonstration is that hand independence is used throughout the song. I am sure that I will be referencing this video in future posts discussing the advantages of hand independence.
For a full-version free download of what appears on my CD release, please check out the listen section to the right
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