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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · 13d

If the Sox don’t win it I’d root for the Mariners or Guardians, Reds at well because of Tito (but they’re not getting past LA). TBH, anyone but the Yankees or Dodgers would be bearable.

Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · 20d

Meanwhile, in Worcester, MA…

Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · 28d

Listening to Brahms on @crbclassical.bsky.social while visiting the man himself(and friends)!

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · Sep 14

That’d be “Gmix” in the terminology, G scale with a flat 7 (Fnat). But yeah, it can get harmonically ambiguous a lot of times. It’s very common issue where a player shouts out a key for the next tune, but they’re wrong/it’s in a slightly different one. Had that happen at a gig last night actually!

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · Sep 14

Source for all this: I live in Ireland and play this music a few times a week. @lollardfish.bsky.social if you’re ever in Cork DM me, plenty of great sessions around here!

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · Sep 14

The one-row diatonic melodeon/accordion was at one time very popular due to it being cheap and fairly easy to play, and most of the music could be played on it. Nowadays though the vast majority of accordion playing is on a chromatic 2-row box, and one-row playing is a kind of specialized thing.

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · Sep 14

…which were the most popular instruments in the 19th century as the music was forming. The aforementioned tin whistles and keyless flutes can get a decent C natural, which makes those keys very easy for them.

So TLDR; it’s not in the SAME key but in various keys that are very closely related.

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · Sep 14

…D or G major and associated modes (popular ones include Dmix, Ador, Edor, and Amix). The range is *mostly* from D to the B an octave and a 6th above it. There are a variety of reasons for this but it’s mostly because it works easily on flute and fiddle (which doesn’t have to leave 1st position), …

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · Sep 14

So, Irish trad uses various instruments, most of which are fully chromatic. The notable exception is the tin whistle, which is diatonic and standardly pitched in D. You also get keyless flutes similar to Baroque flutes that are functionally diatonic.

HOWEVER, most Irish trad is in the key of…

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · Sep 13

I play in pubs here in Ireland and this happens pretty much every gig. Dealing with it is an art form unto itself, let me tell you.

Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · Sep 9

Congrats! Hope they gave you a good no-show endorsement deal on the side.

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · Aug 20

There is actually a 13th tone that THEY don’t want you to know about.

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · Aug 15

Sad to read about the passing of Sheila Jordan, a true jazz legend. Also one of the most fun people I’ve interviewed; even well into her 90s she had such energy and wit. And plenty of great stories featuring a “who’s who” of the jazz world!

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 12

Sheila Jordan, who was revered in the jazz world as a daredevil improviser with a lyrical voice, died on Monday at 96.

Sheila Jordan, Fearless Vocal Improviser, Is Dead at 96

She was revered in the jazz world as a chance taker who communicated an effervescent joy in the pure act of singing.

nyti.ms

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Academy of St Martin in the Lawn

Ty Burr @tyburr.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band:

Hüsker Don’t

Occam’s Shaving Scream @occamshavecream.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band:

Potentially Some Doubt

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · Jul 24

The answer is clearly crispy pata, most unfortunate souls just haven’t had it before. I will also accept lumpia.

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · Jul 18

WGBH building in Boston today

View of the WGBH building in Boston with an electronic marquee reading “Local. Trusted. Defunded.”

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · Jul 13

Don’t know what it’s like elsewhere but they’re coming back strong in Mass. Used to see them flying over Quinsig in Worcester all the time. Beautiful birds!

Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · Jun 12

About to see Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony with POTUS at the Kennedy Center.

Me to Usha: so what’s this sound like? An introduction featuring the Dresden Amen and a finale based around Martin Luther’s Ein Feste Burg is Unser Gott?

Usha: [hysterical laughter]

girl fieri @laureneahmed.bsky.social · Jun 12

No one who knows Sweeney Todd even by plot has never heard of Les Mis

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · May 29

You’re the Brady Feigl(s) of journalism!

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · May 29

I wonder what the breakdown would be undergrad vs grad. I’d imagine that there’s more diversity in undergrad but that grads get funneled into the big programs. At least that’s the case for the people I know.

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · May 27

Bing’s younger brother! He had his own band and radio show and IIRC a TV show at one stage.

Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · May 17

Out playing a gig this evening, someone asked me about my shirt. Turns out they’re visiting all the way from Sharon, MA, where Leonard Bernstein used to spend his summers, and are fans of @crbclassical.bsky.social!

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · May 16

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · Apr 8

Did you tell them about how you used to tie an onion to your belt?

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Tyler Alderson @tylerontheair.bsky.social · Mar 29

“John Tortorella is the worst coach I’ve heard of”

“Yes, but you have heard of him”

Bruins need a reset from years of being good enough to get to the playoffs but then completely folding, and isn’t that Torts’ whole MO? When he is even able to get in (when was the last time that happened?).

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