He says: "During next week's tour, we know that most of the people in the audience will be from the Protestant community and that is important because we want them to ask the guys questions about all the issues involved in promoting their culture in this way. If you grow up in a Protestant community anywhere in Northern Ireland, the 12th is a formative experience, he explains. 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(Even though wehave 10 fingers, it is not actually one step per finger!). They played recorder when they were little (which has similar fingering to flute, but doesn't use the pinky as much). Here Lies A Soldier, GGEDAFADCCBEEDCDCDCBA DCBBBABDDEFEDA Tell you what, when the Gers get back into European football given our team plays a season with this team if things go to plan, this will be massive on European nights. Silent . { That sense of communal pride is evident too in McConnells portraits of young male and female band members, the embossed initials visible on their shirts often referring to local band names the Clyde Valley Flute Band, the Pride of Greenisland Flute Band. DGFGFGGGEDBABAG, GABAGEFGGFEDC+BBC+DC+BBAGA 15. The first part of the project was centred around learning a pop song, You're the Voice by Australian John Farnham, with its lyrics about people all being someone's son or daughter, and questioning how long they will look at each other down the barrel of a gun. JavaScript is required by this website. CDCBAFAADDGEDDDEDC+BA Observers of the loyalist band scene in Northern Ireland and, particularly in Belfast, have claimed that despite the stereotypes, it has actually steered scores of young men away from violence on the streets. Flute section 10/10. David says: "I think people were expecting us to play all this blood and thunder stuff. The collaboration between the band and their fellow musicians went on to explore the commonality between different musical genres. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Over the years the SPBboth collectively and individuallyhave gained many musical awards and can also lay claim to playing for Queen Elizabeth!! { _gaq.push(['_setAllowHash', false]); But that can lead to 2 things: When one or both of those things happen, you are then in danger of giving up. And it only shows the keys that you actually ever touch on the flute. "In the end, we had nothing to worry about because the response was absolutely amazing." Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. "But we reckoned our culture should be included in a Culture Night and that was the main driving force behind our taking part.". Peter has also produced a fine example of a covered key F flute, as pictured below. 12. BDBAGGAGEEDGGGABDDC+AG But with the marching season underway it is interesting to see that some bands have decided to upgrade their metal or cheap wooden flutes for a better quality wooden flute. ADCDEDABC+BAGA top:170px; Uploaded by In today's climate and with the perception of what Loyalist marching bands . Under a project called Music Unite spearheaded by a community group called Beyond Skin and several other organisations, the Defenders have been playing for eight months alongside people, including Muslim musicians, from a wide range of countries across the world, such as Jamaica, India, Slovakia, Ghana and Kurdistan. 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