Songs From The Heart (2010) Review

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(More customer reviews)Like some other Celtic Woman fans I noticed that Alex's rendition of 'You'll Be In My Heart' (apparently some other numbers also) are not listed on the DVD to be released in January and that's a crying shame because she really lights up the venue. It is one of the very best numbers on the PBS version. I would suggest that everyone who feels the entire concert should be included do what I did and send EMI an email voicing your concern over some music mogul cutting tracks from the DVD. They won't listen to one complaint but a few thousand (or million) might change their minds. This show is Celtic Woman's best to date and EMI shouldn't snip dingle it to death by giving Lynn and Alex the short end on solos.
David A. Henderson
Saint Louis, MO

EMI says the reason some tracks are deleted from the DVD is they don't have publishing clearances(Lawyers!...ya gotta love 'em.)Others were cleared for TV broadcast only. Great!! That really makes me feel better...Heh.

Jan 31 UPDATE: Having now received the DVD I must eat some crow which will, no doubt, delight Tim Bowen. It appears the DVD may have actually been processed by Elmer Fudd since the video quality is really poor for a digital product, especially as the camera pulls back, AND is not on a par with the Other 4 CW DVDs. I am in agreement with other reviewers on this point. It may be my tin ear but the audio was fine once I set it to the 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround option. The sound on all 5 CW DVDs will threaten to shake the paint off your walls if you don't back the volume off a bit before turning them on. Once I got the volume balanced between what was coming out of my TV's speakers (a big screen Samsung HDTV) and what was coming through my Sony Surround system the audio was fine. The performance is still a 5+ but the DVD itself is about a 1 because of the poor video quality.

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Track Listing:
1. The Call
2. Fields of Gold
3. When You Believe
4. The Coast of Galiçia
5. The New Ground - Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears
6. Non C'è Piú
7. True Colours
9. Galway Bay
10. Goodnight My Angel
11. O, America!
12. Níl Sé'n Lá
13. The Last Rose Fantasia
14. The Moon's a Harsh Mistress
15. My Lagan Love
16. Amazing Grace
17. Pie Jesu
18. Slumber My Darling / The Mason's Apron
19. Danny Boy
20. You Raise Me Up
21. Finale / Mo Ghile Mear

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The Grand Irish Songbook (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) Review

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(More customer reviews)Wish these larger tomes had spiral binding! Good reference for piano, vocal, accordian and guitar or any other instrument for those who can read music. Good to have around for 'music night' with friends.

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125 cherished folk songs, including: Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms * The Croppy Boy * Danny Boy * The Galway Races * Johnny, I Hardly Knew You * Jug of Punch * Molly Malone * My Wild Irish Rose * Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby) * The Wearing of the Green * When Irish Eyes Are Smiling * and more.

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The Celtic Fake Book (Fake Books) C Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)I just got this book and I can't believe how many songs there are.They are also listed by their nationality (Irish, Scottish, Welsh).I play a little guitar and I was looking for an Irish song book I could just play the chords with.This book has simple chord charts in the back and tells you which to play during the song.It doesn't give any type of strumming pattern, which would be helpful for me the beginner, it shows just the melody notations.Being in the SCA, it's nice to have so many traditional songs at my fingertips. It also DOES give a few instrumental pieces, the ubiquitous "Irish Washerwoman" being one of them.I would have liked to have seen a little bit about each song, although I know this is not a history book, but would have settled for a general time frame each song was created in.Other than that, a wonderful resource.

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The popularity of Celtic music has soared over the last decade due to the resurgence of folk instruments, Celtic dancing, and Irish culture overall. This amazing collection assembles over 400 songs from Ireland, Scotland and Wales - complete with Gaelic lyrics where applicable - and a pronunciation guide. Titles include: Across the Western Ocean ¥ Along with My Love IÕll Go ¥ Altar Isle OÕ the Sea ¥ Auld Lang Syne ¥ Avondale ¥ The Band Played On ¥ Barbara Allen ¥ Blessing of the Road ¥ The Blue Bells of Scotland ¥ The Bonniest Lass ¥ A Bunch of Thyme ¥ The Chanty That Beguiled the Witch ¥ Columbus Was an Irishman ¥ Danny Boy ¥ DuffyÕs Blunders ¥ Erin! Oh Erin! ¥ Father Murphy ¥ FinneganÕs Wake ¥ The Galway Piper ¥ The Girl I Left Behind Me ¥ Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly ¥ I Know Where IÕm GoinÕ ¥ Irish Rover ¥ Loch Lomond ¥ Molly Malone ¥ My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean ¥ My Wild Irish Rose ¥ The Shores of Amerikay ¥ The Sons of Liberty ¥ ThatÕs an Irish Lullaby ¥ When Irish Eyes Are Smiling ¥ Who Threw the Overalls in Mistress MurphyÕs Chowder ¥ and hundreds more. Also includes many Irish popular songs as a bonus.

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50 Irish Melodies for all Harps Review

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(More customer reviews)I've been studying celtic harp for three years as an adult pupil and playing an istrument is not so easy for me. So these traditional songs that you can easily ear everywhere in celtic cds or in tv programmes are the best things to play as you can easily know how to play it. The arrangements are very good and you can learn having fun! Kiss from Italy!

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50 wonderful traditional and contemporary Irish melodies arranged by Sylvia Woods for both beginning and advanced hard players.Songs include:The Castle of Dromore * Cockles And Mussels * Danny Boy * The Gartan MotherÕs Lullaby * Killarney * Limerick Is Beautiful * My Wild Irish Rose * Sweet Rosie OÕGrady * WarinÕ OÕ The Green * When Irish Eyes Are Smiling * Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral * and more.Also includes an alphabetical index and an index of first lines.Spiral bound.

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Celtic Harp Music of Carolan and Others for Solo Guitar* Review

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(More customer reviews)I was delighted to see O'Carolan's tunes ready for playing on the guitar. This makes a perfect gift for my husband as he progresses through learning the guitar. I look forward to hearing my favorite celtic tunes soon.

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This unique publication features 45 harp tunes beautifully arranged for solo guitar. It also includes an introduction to the bookÕs origins, info on the Celtic harpand biographical information on the author and Turlough OÕCarolan. Most songs are arranged at an intermediate-level of difficulty and use standard tunings so that classical guitarists can enjoy them as well as steel-string fingerstylists.

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Dubliners Songbook (Music Sales America) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a usable songbook for musicians good enough to know how to find the errors.It covers most of the best known tunes by the Dubliners, and although I haven't found any errors in the melody lines, there are numerous errors in the chord symbols (for example, the first two chords of The Patriot Game are a semitone above what they should be).Also, the publishing quality is minimal - very little effort was put into making this look good.

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Over 40 songs in the versions made famous by the world-renowned Irish group. Includes fascinating profiles of the members of the group, plus photographs. Includes: Rocky Road To Dublin, Wild Rover, The Holy Ground, A Jar Of Porter, and The Patriot Game.

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O'Neill's Music of Ireland: Over 1,000 Fiddle Tunes Review

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(More customer reviews)Author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the Fiddle (Complete Idiot's Guide to)

This is the very first book of Irish tunes I purchased when I began playing Irish fiddle back in high school, and I found it very useful. A short primer at the beginning gives you the basic gist of how an Irish fiddler might ornament his/her tunes. In the collection itself, ornaments such as rolls, triplets and grace notes are written directly into the melodies. This allows you to get a sense of where these ornaments might go. While it doesn't contain all the tunes from the original O'Neill collections, the most commonly known tunes are here. So once you've (hopefully) moved on to learning all your tunes by ear, you'll still have a good reference volume on your shelf when you just can't for the life of you remember how "The Woman of the House" starts....

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Over 1,000 Fiddle Tunes! A newly revised and corrected collection of the dance music of Ireland. Jigs, rells, hornpipes, long dances and marches, with an introduction on the history of Irish music and tips on playing with an authentic feeling.

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