If anything,I appreciate this player more for her true nature of being personally shy and then warming into her playing by revealing her true love of this music.
Just the right speed. Makes me want to play all the tunes I know at this speed. I play a lot of Fahy/Kane sisters/Martin Hayes tunes, which are more delicate and slower. My main passion however is Donegal and Scottish music. Full speed ahead... so hearing this just puts the music into perspective for me. Someone commented she seemed scared. Stage fright? I used to have it so badly. Then I got to join the Chieftains on stage in 2005and their energy zapped any fear I had!
Angelina reminds me, as I so often need to be, that to sound great, one does not need to fly through a set and lay on a mash of triplets... I've only recently started listening to her playing and using at inspiration to 'calm the hell down' when playing tunes. Really great, clean playing here.
The passion is as beautiful as the music... her focus was so beautiful, the muscle memory, this girl done brought the woodshed down! Magical! Her eyes were closed the whole time!
A note to any musician trying to learn these tunes: It seems like the first set should be Holly Bush / Rakes of Clonmel / Pride of Rockchapel. Angelina may have mislabeled "The Rakes of Clonmel" as "The Rakes of Kildare," a different jig.
As a banjo-player myself, I'm glad to hear someone who respects the tune. I was recently remarking that too many banjoists in Ireland are giving more importance to the ornamentation/triplets etc.than the melody. We've become accustomed to hearing 'technique' rather than 'melody'. What's more, the rest have come to sound all the same but this is pleasant to listen to. Her playing is refreshing in its simplicity. Angelina's playing is, shall I say, 'organic'. She plays it straight from the start and without a race to the finish. To describe as the greatest banjo-player ever? Well, like Barney McKenna, she plays the TUNE. She's very good in her own right but it'd be unfair to say she's as good as he was. It caught my interest and it's been a long time since a banjo-player in Ireland did that :-) Like garlic in the cooking should be noticed by its absence rather than its presence, Barney's added touches and flares flavoured the music. His ornamentation was more colourful yet, his technique flawless. Check out his playing of Colonel Fraser. The rolls there remind me of the way a good piper might play that great reel. I've heard no other banjoist to come close to what he did in that recording.
I play the bainseó myself and I have to agree with you. Myself and the lad throw triplets in where ever we can. I think we are trying to be too much like Gerry O Connor. Its nice to hear the tunes in simply form without ornamentation, but I do think when I'm playing with ornamentation the tune becomes my tune...
totally brilliant bango playing barney mckennawas of the greatest as well two different styles bango barney was one of the great charachters of irish music you need charachters to liven up things
Wonderful stuff. Check out Caitriona Lagan, Born to Banjo...........she's an All Ireland Under 12 Mandolin champion, and now plays a tenor banjo....................amazing.
The Carberry family , her grand ancestors, were playing music, banjos included many years before the Dubliners were ever heard of... .... as for technique she would at least come from a tradition familiar with the great Noel Strange ...who again considerably predated the Dubliners
Angelina may be my favorite, but there are plenty of great ones, and it's not a competition, after all. They all owe a great debt to Liam Farrell, for instance. And if that name is not familiar to you, well, there you are! I will conclude by saying that, after listening to the wonderful lift and easy pace here, I can only reiterate that Angelina may well be my favorite.
The greatest ever player of the Irish tenor banjo and she seems nervous as she walks out onto the stage! The tenor banjo can so easily tip into machinegun triplet aggression. The sublime restrained joy that is Angelina’s playing can only come out of the person she is. I usually hate pseudo arty comments like this but this time it’s true.
She is playing a twenty one inch scale with it capoed at the first fret. The burning question is what strings is she using. De Adario has lawyers designing their strings for tenor banjo's!
I'm trying to figure out the name of the three tunes she says she's going to play. It sounds like she is saying the first tune is 'The Holly Bush Tune' and the second is ' The Rakes Dakota' and the last is 'The Pride of Frock Chapel'. Is that right?
Takea pick, tune up in GDAE, forget the fifth string (maybe use a capo to shorten to 19 frets if yours has 22 and tune in accordance), listen and repeat. Basic trick, the movement of the pick is down up down (dud) on the jigs and dudu on the reel.
Fair point. I think I meant to say greatest living player. Still I prefer her banjo playing, but she does have the advantage over Barney of being able to stand on the shoulders of giants (or a giant). I love her restrained use of ornamentation: her triplets, like compliments from the reticent, count for more when they come. The great tone from the open back Oakwood (I'm biased I live around the corner from where her banjo was made). Head says "greatest living", heart says "greatest ever"
Great style, rather than saying it's not pefect, I'd say it's not overly controlled, with some inprovisation, the way Irish music is played at it's best.
Dude, Barney was great and he totally innovated the world of irish trad, I love his playing, but how can you even compare?? The playing of Angelina is totally unique, and far better (I'm not comparing their musical value, just how they sound like)... I'd rather listen a Carberry solo album than a McKenna solo album (though I'd listen to both)
Getting a bit carried away ther arn't we?No disrespect to the girl she is good, but the greatest ever player of the Irish tenor banjo? In time maybe.Hav'nt you heard of the late great Barney McKenna, now he WAS great.
Clean playing but she seems to be scared out of her wits and the rather automated playing would be more relaxed if she were too. Can happen to anyone, me included, maybe a drop of the good stuff would have helped?!
She taught a banjo workshop at Return to Camden last year which I was lucky enough to attend and I she came across as shy not 'scared out of her wits.' I certainly wouldn't classify her playing as 'automated' but it is certainly precise and tasteful.
Every time around the tune is different, tripplites and tings
If anything,I appreciate this player more for her true nature of being personally shy and then warming into her playing by revealing her true love of this music.
I'm just so glad that someone captured this on video...
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Just the right speed. Makes me want to play all the tunes I know at this speed. I play a lot of Fahy/Kane sisters/Martin Hayes tunes, which are more delicate and slower. My main passion however is Donegal and Scottish music. Full speed ahead... so hearing this just puts the music into perspective for me. Someone commented she seemed scared. Stage fright? I used to have it so badly. Then I got to join the Chieftains on stage in 2005and their energy zapped any fear I had!
Any player that can run the tears down an old mans face by the beauty in the music is great.This girl does it.Sean OSuillebhean
Angelina reminds me, as I so often need to be, that to sound great, one does not need to fly through a set and lay on a mash of triplets... I've only recently started listening to her playing and using at inspiration to 'calm the hell down' when playing tunes. Really great, clean playing here.
As a fledging Irish tenor banjo player I love this!!
Right. I think far too often people confuse "liveliness" with "speed" and just wreck the spirit of the tune.
Your comment should be pinned :).
Beautiful. You can hear her father's playing coming through, so glad she listened and had the talent to bring it to the banjo.
Fantastic to here a banjo being played so brilliantly.
My Irish banjo Queen!
I get goosebumps everytime listening to it ...oo
how can i like this 1k times more ??
é muito bom o arranjo das musicas delas .,
Love it !!!
Angelina never fails always come out tops brilliant.🌏
Lovely stuff~
perfect timing and beautiful sound and playing.
I've never heard anything about Irish banjo until very recently and I find it very pleasant and with beautiful complexity.
Love this!
The passion is as beautiful as the music... her focus was so beautiful, the muscle memory, this girl done brought the woodshed down! Magical! Her eyes were closed the whole time!
Angelina plays much better unaccompanied , her solo work carries the purity of a swallow in flight , she is unique among tenor banjo players
Angelina
Class playing Angelina. Much love from Oz.
I like that tempo you're keepin'
She's a talent with a lovely gracious way about her. Humility.
Beautiful banjo music!
Absolutely beautiful playing thanks
Great job Angelina I just love those Irish tunes on the banjo !!!!!
Wow that has moved me
she is fantastic x
A note to any musician trying to learn these tunes: It seems like the first set should be Holly Bush / Rakes of Clonmel / Pride of Rockchapel. Angelina may have mislabeled "The Rakes of Clonmel" as "The Rakes of Kildare," a different jig.
As a banjo-player myself, I'm glad to hear someone who respects the tune. I was recently remarking that too many banjoists in Ireland are giving more importance to the ornamentation/triplets etc.than the melody. We've become accustomed to hearing 'technique' rather than 'melody'. What's more, the rest have come to sound all the same but this is pleasant to listen to. Her playing is refreshing in its simplicity.
Angelina's playing is, shall I say, 'organic'. She plays it straight from the start and without a race to the finish. To describe as the greatest banjo-player ever? Well, like Barney McKenna, she plays the TUNE. She's very good in her own right but it'd be unfair to say she's as good as he was. It caught my interest and it's been a long time since a banjo-player in Ireland did that :-)
Like garlic in the cooking should be noticed by its absence rather than its presence, Barney's added touches and flares flavoured the music. His ornamentation was more colourful yet, his technique flawless. Check out his playing of Colonel Fraser. The rolls there remind me of the way a good piper might play that great reel. I've heard no other banjoist to come close to what he did in that recording.
amen to this!
I play the bainseó myself and I have to agree with you. Myself and the lad throw triplets in where ever we can. I think we are trying to be too much like Gerry O Connor. Its nice to hear the tunes in simply form without ornamentation, but I do think when I'm playing with ornamentation the tune becomes my tune...
Well said, Oisín! Always make it your tune! I live by a saying: "Be yourself! Everyone else is taken!"
JOSEPH Ó Faoláin Thanks very much Joseph..I love the saying....
absolutely agree!
I just hear music. Lovely stuff.
She's such a cute Pixie,I LOVE Irish Tenor Banjo
Lovely.
love you aunty angie! :D
conor lane I met Angelina and Dan recently. Two lovely people. Your auntie is a wonderful person.
totally brilliant bango playing barney mckennawas of the greatest as well two different styles bango barney was one of the great charachters of irish music you need charachters to liven up things
Lovely Angilena
The acoustics in the room were such that it sounded like a choir was singing the tune along with her. Any one else notice that?
+Jay McNeely oh darlin
MrIsaacE v
Yes I even hear your keyboard clicking
One of my favorite Irish banjo player.
Yes I agree she's brilliant.🌏
Lovely playing
Wonderful stuff. Check out Caitriona Lagan, Born to Banjo...........she's an All Ireland Under 12 Mandolin champion, and now plays a tenor banjo....................amazing.
The Carberry family , her grand ancestors, were playing music, banjos included many years before the Dubliners were ever heard of... .... as for technique she would at least come from a tradition familiar with the great Noel Strange ...who again considerably predated the Dubliners
Angelina is a excellent musicians also love to hear Angelina and Dan Brouder play together.🌎
the apple don't fall far from the tree! I worked on the sites in Manchester years ago with peter her daddy he was a great musician too!
That is v true. Lived in Manchester in the late 70s and spent a lot of time playing with the Carberrys in the Clarence in Rusholme.
O'Angelina.
Too easy so good.
Don't stop now.
Wow
Well played girl, i really enjoyed those tunes.
A real good one.
Lovely
Obviously somebody else thinks microphone stands are invisible.
Brilliant
i'm in love
pięknie gra! słucham 3 raz pod rząd.
Cool as
Brilliant player
good vibes !
Angelina may be my favorite, but there are plenty of great ones, and it's not a competition, after all. They all owe a great debt to Liam Farrell, for instance. And if that name is not familiar to you, well, there you are!
I will conclude by saying that, after listening to the wonderful lift and easy pace here, I can only reiterate that Angelina may well be my favorite.
2300skiddoo Great to see you give a mention to Liam Farrel, a great character at any session. Not forgetting Mick O Connor of course.
exquisite
simple to say : WOW :)
très beau, grande sensibilité.
Bravo :-)
Thats Ma Cuz!!!
That's not nervous, that's Angelina.
Ah Angelina. !
The greatest ever player of the Irish tenor banjo and she seems nervous as she walks out onto the stage! The tenor banjo can so easily tip into machinegun triplet aggression. The sublime restrained joy that is Angelina’s playing can only come out of the person she is. I usually hate pseudo arty comments like this but this time it’s true.
Lovely chunes.
She is playing a twenty one inch scale with it capoed at the first fret. The burning question is what strings is she using. De Adario has lawyers designing their strings for tenor banjo's!
Whats the tuning ?
any one know what make of banjo that she plays
❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
it would be nice i they would put the name of the tunes
I'm trying to figure out the name of the three tunes she says she's going to play. It sounds like she is saying the first tune is 'The Holly Bush Tune' and the second is ' The Rakes Dakota' and the last is 'The Pride of Frock Chapel'. Is that right?
I think I figured out the last tune. It's 'The Pride of Rockchapel'....
The second tune is The Rakes of Kildare. Quite well known in Irish traditional music.
That's fine picking
Wow! I am a veteran 5 string banjo player wanting to get started in the Irish tenor banjo. What would you suggest?
Takea pick, tune up in GDAE, forget the fifth string (maybe use a capo to shorten to 19 frets if yours has 22 and tune in accordance), listen and repeat. Basic trick, the movement of the pick is down up down (dud) on the jigs and dudu on the reel.
Hi, anyone knows the name of the reel at 4:18?
The rakes of clonmel. Took me way to long to figure that out 😭😂
Fair point. I think I meant to say greatest living player. Still I prefer her banjo playing, but she does have the advantage over Barney of being able to stand on the shoulders of giants (or a giant). I love her restrained use of ornamentation: her triplets, like compliments from the reticent, count for more when they come. The great tone from the open back Oakwood (I'm biased I live around the corner from where her banjo was made).
Head says "greatest living", heart says "greatest ever"
Yeehaw :-)
Feel sorry for her for being nervous,but she's an amazing player
She is still the Qveen!
Hi, can someone spell the Name of the 2. jig for me???
I believe it's the Rakes of Clonmel
My mum is a Carberry from Gundagai, New South Wales in Australia.
Such a cute little Pixie,I could be in love,and such a talent
Fast fingers on the lass.
Nuair a stadann an ceol, stadann an rince.........
PS, Liam is still with us, or was last week, but his last name should be Ferrell.
Conor, The family Rules man. -Derm'
tenor banjo??
Yes GDAE.
Great style, rather than saying it's not pefect, I'd say it's not overly controlled, with some inprovisation, the way Irish music is played at it's best.
That’s a toe tapper
She has such a lovely voice...then she disappears into the music.
if you like it just but
chaabi algeria you wel see more
Fares Aba - Go away you silly little man.
@@crossman20 Do you now anything about chaabi music on the banjo, before you open your mouth ?
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Dude, Barney was great and he totally innovated the world of irish trad, I love his playing, but how can you even compare??
The playing of Angelina is totally unique, and far better (I'm not comparing their musical value, just how they sound like)...
I'd rather listen a Carberry solo album than a McKenna solo album (though I'd listen to both)
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I wish the microphone stand didn’t block her right hand
its a short scale oakwood
No
it algerian song
banjo algeria chaabi
No it's not.
Im from O'Flaherty decent
Getting a bit carried away ther arn't we?No disrespect to the girl she is good, but the greatest ever player of the Irish tenor banjo? In time maybe.Hav'nt you heard of the late great Barney McKenna, now he WAS great.
A good player. However My favourite bang players are Young Leo Donnelly,Gerry o Connor, Cahal Hayden,Stevie Dunne.
Clean playing but she seems to be scared out of her wits and the rather automated playing would be more relaxed if she were too. Can happen to anyone, me included, maybe a drop of the good stuff would have helped?!
That is what I like about her. Nothing worse than a cocky musician. She is genuine, down to earth and it comes through in her playing....
I used to think that, until I have a drop and I want 100 more drops haha
She taught a banjo workshop at Return to Camden last year which I was lucky enough to attend and I she came across as shy not 'scared out of her wits.' I certainly wouldn't classify her playing as 'automated' but it is certainly precise and tasteful.