Author Archive: tinajordanrees

Week 12 #tuneoftheweek is a jolly jig in E major. I tried to write something yesterday but nothing was really working. Not on the piano, flute or whistle. I was very pressed for time as well so I just left it…
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Week 11 #tuneoftheweek is called “The Trip to Ely” as last night I got back from Ely Folk Festival where I was playing piano with Barluath. We opened the festival on Friday night and also did an acoustic/meet and greet the artist session…
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#tuneoftheweek for week 10 is a slow air, the first slow air I’ve ever written. I composed this on Friday night, the night before my friends’ wedding. This tune is for Natalie who married John this weekend. It is called…
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So this week I gave myself a few check points to start with before writing the tune. I gave myself these to help try to write a tune that is a bit different to what I usually write. It’s easy…
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So technically I wrote this on day 1 of week 9 (today) but the tune I wrote yesterday for week 8 was so awful that I couldn’t use it. I attempted to write one on a keyboard app on my…
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I thought to myself how is it week 7 already? I don’t know if I have any energy to write a tune but it’s the last day of week 7 and I’m not done just yet so I better write…
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Here is week 6 #tuneoftheweek. I wrote this on Sunday evening right at the end of week 6. Felt a bit like homework but I enjoyed writing it and I’m chuffed with the outcome. For this tune I made a few…
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Week 5 #tuneoftheweek is here already! I was actually trying to write something in B minor for this week’s tune, however F# minor appeared. I’ll have to write one in B minor soon as I keep meaning to and it hasn’t…
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It is #tuneoftheweek week 4 and I’ve come up with a reel. I like the chords, the accidentals, the rhythm. I like this tune. I wouldn’t say it’s a nice tune. I wasn’t aiming for nice. I was just letting whatever…
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