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Alt​.​Callahans Reel (8​:​08)

from alt​.​callahans reel by Tim Fatchen

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A fast and lively foot-tapping neo-Celtic 8+ minutes of fun and joy, written for and played on electronic keyboard. The song started as a jig but drank too much and reeled into 12/8 time. Properly speaking, despite its strong 4-beat pulse, it's a Slide. Or perhaps a Double Jig. Except for the mid-section, which is really a Reel! Needless to say, this is not for the purists...but it's huge fun for the rest of us!

Sheet music (piano/keyboard) is available at www.sheetmusicplus.com

The track was recorded on a Medeli MC 710, on May Day 2005 . The Medeli keyboard allowed splitting and dual voices. Piano was used as foundation both above and below the split point. A loud viola patch was used as the second voice on the upper part of the keyboard, as the dominant fiddle sound carrying the melody. A synth string patch was used as second voice on the lower half, giving the drones. AND it HAS been performed publicly!

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from alt​.​callahans reel, released January 14, 2023

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Tim Fatchen Adelaide, Australia

Master pianist, songwriter, creator of music theater catastrophe curves. Australia. More? OK...Occasionally paid musician, long-term unpaid satirist, paid-up internet junkie. In polite company as Tim Fatchen (quiet, serious, good dinner guest); impolite company as Flying Tadpole (loud, rabid, good kennel cleaner...). ... more

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