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Musician: Elin Wyn Jones
Location: Anglesey, North Wales
Instruments: triple harp
Music: Welsh folk
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HOW I CAME TO THIS MUSICÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýWHERE I PLAYÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýA FAVOURITE SONG |
  
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 ÌýÌýListen (2'33) to 'Malltraeth', performed by Elin Wyn Jones.
ÌýÌýListen (2'17) to 'Dafydd y garreg wen', performed by Llio Rhydderch (Fflach, 2000).
ÌýÌýListen (2'15) to Elin Wyn Jones talk about her music
A favourite song:
'Malltraeth' is the name of a local village. I played this tune when I performed in the 1998 Eisteddfod, (National Festival of Welsh traditional music, poetry and song). The festival was taking place in our neighbourhood so I just played my tune in the preliminary section, clad only in my shorts, t-shirt and trainers. When they announced I'd actually won, I was taken completely by surprise and ended up performing the winning piece in my shoddy old gear. That was funny.
It would be hard to establish who exactly composed 'Malltraeth'. True to our ancient aural tradition, the tune's been passed down through the centuries with each new player adding their own variations so that the music is constantly evolving. Who knows, it might end up sounding like a jazz tune in a hundred years time!
This is one of a number of pieces collected by Llio Rhydderch. It honours the famous harper, Dafydd y Garreg Wen who died in 1749 at the age of 29. There's also a well-known song that goes with this tune where the harpist calls for his harp so that he may play it on his death bed.
Check Llio Rhydderch's website, to find out more about Elin's teacher and the tradition of the Welsh triple harp.
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