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About
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Flexible, versatile, different. The Rude Mechanicals are versatile multi-instrumentalists performing a wide range of music including traditional folk-dance tunes, contemporary material and miscellaneous musical indulgences. Equally at home playing for receptions, business events, in folk clubs, bars, festivals, concerts and private functions. Acoustic or amplified as required. Click here for more about music for functions. The instrumental armoury of the. Brass, reeds . to mention.
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Picture gallery
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Puzzlingly, people have sometimes felt it a good use of their cameras to take photographs of the Rude Mechanicals. Courtesy of the internet photo-sharing facility Photobucket, these pictures are on public view (people of a nervous disposition beware! The photographs are in two collections, reached by clicking below (sorry about the inevitable Photobucket site adverts):. The Rude Mechanicals - core members. The Rude Mechanicals Occasional Orchestra - larger ensembles with musical pals.
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Email list
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Let us keep in touch. Join the Rude Mechanicals email list to ensure you hear about forthcoming appearances. We promise we won't clutter up your mailbox with frequent or trivial messages - just the occasional announcement about new concert dates or special news. To register your email address,. Just send an email by clicking here. Website created and maintained by Ray Chandler.
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Audio samples
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Here are some short sound samples from the Rude Mechanicals - just a small selection from a very large and varied repertoire. Most of these are from the album Lady Pentweazle's maggot. Sheffield / Stockton hornpipes. Blue Dress polka set. Liam Brown's polka set. Wild hills of Wannies. Navvy on the line. Pilvi and Esko's waltz. Website created and maintained by Ray Chandler.
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The Rude Mechanicals
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Folk, but not as you know it. Stylishly distinctive music for all occasions. A huge repertoire of varied material including original arrangements of traditional folk tunes and new compositions. The Rude Mechanicals are a Sussex-based multi-instrumental trio (occasionally augmented by musical pals to form larger bands) playing a very wide variety of music. Their material is mostly from the English, European and American folk heritage but often spans other musical traditions. Join our email list.
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Appearances
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The Mechanicals' annual lunchtime concert for the Adur Arts Live. Autumn festival. St Mary's Church, 12 noon. The trio will be joined by special guest musicians for a varied programme of musical gems and special arrangements. Free entry with collection. Join our email list. If you'd like to hear the Rude Mechanicals at your favourite venue, folk club, festival, etc, ask the organiser to book 'em! Website created and maintained by Ray Chandler.
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Material
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The Rude Mechanicals' repertoire is extremely wide-ranging, enabling them to produce programmes suitable for a wide variety of occasions and functions. Foot-tapping tunes from the British Isles, Europe and America are played on an array of different instruments - some familiar, others quite unusual. Songs are an option too - in a variety of styles, from bible-thumpin’ glory songs to blues and ballads, from music-hall to sheer nonsense. All delivered with distinctive style and a whole lot of fun!
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Links
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Here are some links to folk-related sites offering a wealth of useful information:. The Sussex folk guide. Folkmaster (Shoreham folk events). SusFA (Sussex Folk Association). English Folk Dance and Song Society. Swedish folk music resource. Henrik's Irish and Swedish tunes. The Session tune resource. Website created and maintained by Ray Chandler.
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Tune library
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The Rude Mechanicals have assembled a considerable archive of music notation, many with harmony arrangements. They are freely available here for downloading as printable A4 pdf documents. Rude Mechanicals original tunes:. Tunes with Rude Mechanicals arrangements. Tunes with other arrangements. Tunes with melody only. Can you name them? The tunes in the untitled list are ones that Barry recorded at various local sessions and then notated . if you know any of their titles please email us.
