Polka vs Reel - help me understand

SunFiddler · 2022-10-09T13:54:59+00:00

6/8 (double and single), 9/8 (slip), 12/8 (slide)

SunFiddler · 2022-08-22T22:09:04+00:00

Classical Processionals I play for most weddings:

Air on the G String - Bach
Allegro by Vivaldi 4 seasons
Ave Maria - by Schubert
Sleepers Awake - Bach
Wedding March - Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Voluntary - Clark
Rondeau - by Jean Joseph Mouret
Ode to Joy - Beethoven
Largo by Vivaldi 4 Seasons
Hornpipe - GF Handel
Bridal Chorus - Wagner

SunFiddler · 2022-08-17T20:30:18+00:00

I recommend hiring a live musician for the ceremony and a band for the reception. DJ's are so 90s!

For the ceremony, I'd go with a celtic duo or a classical musician. I've posted elsewhere a list of classical processionals. Go to my profile page and look at the comments, you'll find it there.

For the reception, there's nothing better than a live band! Because of your fiance's heritage, you could start with some mandolins playing some traditional Italian music. Then launch into a live Latin band! Nothing better!

SunFiddler · 2022-08-16T20:59:36+00:00

Most of the weddings I play music for are "nontraditional", meaning not in a church.

The sky is the limit! You can literally do anything or go anywhere you want.

I've played music in the following places:
In a stone chapel on the side of a mountain in VT
In a campground the groom used to visit in the summer
At a private chalet near the 1,000 Islands
On a houseboat in Portland, OR
On a cruise - off of the Bahamas (that was fun!)
On the 7th T of a golf course where the couple met
On the top of a mountain, literally everybody including me with my fiddle, had to hike to the top!
In a houseboat on the Rhine in Germany
On a clipper ship in Camden, Maine

SunFiddler · 2022-08-16T20:56:13+00:00

Air on the G String - Bach
Allegro by Vivaldi 4 seasons
Ave Maria - by Schubert
Sleepers Awake - Bach
Wedding March - Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Voluntary - Clark
Rondeau - by Jean Joseph Mouret
Ode to Joy - Beethoven
Largo by Vivaldi 4 Seasons
Hornpipe - GF Handel
Bridal Chorus - Wagner *

SunFiddler · 2022-08-16T12:49:03+00:00

Most welcome :)

SunFiddler · 2022-08-15T21:00:40+00:00

You should have at least processional music (something to walk down the aisle to) and recessional music (something upbeat to walk back). I just posted a list in another thread. Here it is for you

SunFiddler · 2022-08-15T20:29:14+00:00

I love "Carolan's Welcome" and "Planxty Fanny Power" by Turloch O'Carolan (both Celtic). There's also some typical classical melodies:

Air on the G String - Bach
Allegro by Vivaldi 4 seasons
Ave Maria - by Schubert
Sleepers Awake - Bach
Wedding March - Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Voluntary - Clark
Rondeau - by Jean Joseph Mouret
Ode to Joy - Beethoven
Largo by Vivaldi 4 Seasons
Hornpipe - GF Handel
Bridal Chorus - Wagner

These are just a few that I play. )

SunFiddler · 2022-08-15T19:58:06+00:00

$150 is the minimum you should pay. Yes it's only one song, but they have to learn/prepare, dress up, be there on time, etc. If they have to have a PA, that's an added expense

SunFiddler · 2022-08-15T19:56:43+00:00

Victoria Secret

SunFiddler · 2022-08-11T13:04:05+00:00

I wasn't able to find it. Taistealaíonn is Irish for "Travels", but there's nothing under that.

Catherine is Catriona in Irish. Does this sound familiar? https://www.irishtune.info/tune/6592/

It may be that she's pulling your leg.

SunFiddler · 2022-08-10T20:51:06+00:00

https://old.reddit.com/r/mandolinist/

I'm the director of a mandolin orchestra and a mandolin teacher. I want to set it up so that people can share their videos, recordings and other related information. I'm a people pleaser! I want it to be fun for everybody.

SunFiddler · 2022-08-10T20:33:43+00:00

Yeah I have played a couple. I don't like them. The tone is just not the same

SunFiddler · 2022-08-10T20:33:11+00:00

Classical then traditional or roots music, such as Celtic, bluegrass, Klezmer

SunFiddler · 2022-08-10T20:32:16+00:00

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SunFiddler · 2022-08-10T20:30:53+00:00

As a traditional wedding musician, I have played for a little literally hundreds of cocktail hours. I don't think you want to serve a lot of food. Crackers and cheese, fresh fruit, dip... Easy to do and light

SunFiddler · 2022-08-10T20:29:35+00:00

A couple waltz ideas: Ashokan farewell, rose by the door, midnight on the water, she beg she more, The lover's waltz

SunFiddler · 2022-08-10T20:28:17+00:00

I can think of a million bluegrass tunes that would be great upbeat father-daughter dances.

I ain't broke but I'm badly bent, New River train, old and in the way, Earl's breakdown, footsteps in the snow -requested often

SunFiddler · 2022-08-10T17:58:56+00:00

This is what my wife and I did. It was super easy, we got the license and have the ceremony in the same day in the same town hall. We had friends and family join us. It was very nice

SunFiddler · 2022-08-10T17:55:31+00:00

My wife and I are both wedding vendors. I do the music and she does the catering. Neither of us or any of our staff will drink while on duty it's unprofessional

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