A voice crying in the wilderness. Give us back classical liberal arts education, let's dump educational progressivism, and let's start something like ethical culture—but without the leftish political overtones. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT7ikk-UfhU
An unusual and difficult hornpipe in the unusual (for Irish trad music) key of E flat, learned from Ryan’s Mammoth Collection/Cole’s 1000 Fiddle Tunes. This was apparently by an Italian composer and a famous version called “The Banks” was popularized by Scott Skinner. The Ryan’s version seems to be the original of “Morgan’s,” as nicely played on “Leitrim’s Hidden Treasure,” but there are differences, and I follow Ryan’s rather than Enda McNamara’s playing.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMLXGphnO_8
Watchknow.org is a new, big collection of educational videos, sorted into thousands of categories. Here's how to use the site. See http://www.watchknow.org/ WatchKnow: videos for kids to learn from. Organized.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4KlYGTv-RI
Tunes learned from Mickey Doherty's three-CD "Garvan Hill." More tunes from CD 2.
The Reeks (Rakes, Knights) of St. Patrick (double jig) - slow 0:51 med 2:32 fast 4:09
The Geese in the Bog (double jig) - slow 6:47 med 7:57 fast 9:14
The Blackbird (set dance) - slow 11:57 med 14:34
Paidin O Raifeartaigh (Paddy O'Rafferty; double jig) - slow 18:13 med 19:47 fast 21:21
Dulaman n Binne Buidhe (highland) - slow 24:05 med 25:13 fast 26:31
Stirling Castle (highland) - slow 29:29 med 31:28 fast 33:13
The Flowers of Edinburgh (reel) - slow 35:27 med 37:09 too fast! 39:09
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSkY8wphf8U
6-year-old H. gives a few basic facts about Argentina. He wrote the script and found the pix, and really did most of the work.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8R0w8cueXc
Two classic Donegal reels—well, interesting Donegal settings of otherwise common Irish tunes. The first was played by Con Cassidy and James Byrne among others. The first part is very unusual in this Donegal setting, in that it has a few extra beats. The second I probably got from James Byrne and/or John Doherty but most Donegal fiddlers have some version of it.
Here is Con Cassidy playing Rakish Paddy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQubyMp3o0k
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV5hLltzIjk
A very brief summary of Western history. This, Part 2, covers roughly A.D. 1000-1700. Includes Norman conquest, Battle of Hastings, Renaissance, Black Death, Gutenberg, Columbus, the Catholic Church, the Reformation, American colonies, Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment. To help us make more free videos, go to http://www.patreon.com/SangerAcademy
Part 1, ancient and Middle Ages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTaY3mg06sU&index=1&list=PL9hu1tMobUDLFvdcWIruDAyOHhbloLRTL
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6YVN9Uzxv0
This is last summer's (so, it's a little dated) introduction to the previously "stealth" Infobitt.com project, in which we come together to build the world's first crowdsourced front page news site. This is all about how the site works, and a little pep talk to the community!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkZX5K1566o
Three challenging B flat hornpipes learned from “Cole’s 1000 Fiddle Tunes” aka “Ryan’s Mammoth Collection.” I’m conceding to YouTube I guess, for now, after a long break in protest.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3As-Eaa_Y4