Wonderful Erik! I'll dig up Saddle the Pony. As well as us doing lots of modern things, we'd like to work up 5-6 Chestnuts and play them within the tradition. :) :) Emily
On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Erik Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > > > It is traditional to play the tune. In the old days it would have been > just the tune. When medlies became normal, the modern standard is: > Signature Tune, Other Tune, last two or three times: Signature Tune again. > > > > Saddle the Pony has been used by a number of bands, since it was used as > an alternate tune on the New England Chestnuts LP. > > > > BTW: I’m glad you’re doing this. I always find it funny when callers say, > “as in Rory O’More,” and when I look around I find 99 percent of the people > have no idea what Rory O’More is… > > > > Cheers, > > ~Erik > > > > *From:* Musicians [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Emily Addison via Musicians > *Sent:* Monday, October 30, 2017 7:49 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Musicians] A question about sharing music notation online > > > > Hi All, > > > > A question for you about general etiquette on posting recently composed > tunes (as in last 20-30yrs). > > > > I've seen MANY MANY recently composed tunes online through websites like > The Session but also contra websites too. Often these are posted by > someone other than the composer and it's not listed as to whether they have > permission to post. > > > > Here in Ottawa, our community band (we're not pros and play almost all our > gigs for free.), we're working on learning a varied contra music repertoire > for dancing. In fact, our community band is called 'Stolen Goods' as we're > about learning from others. > > > > I've been thinking that it would be nice to post our sets online as part > of the wider sharing so that others can benefit... just like we've > benefited from looking at what others (like SPUDS) have posted. > > > > What's the etiquette here? > > > > For instance, we play a handful of Keith Murphy tunes and he's got books. > And we have Larry Unger and others too... > > > > If we post a few is that ok? Seems that's what others do, especially in > irish and quebecois traditions but I'm just not sure as some of the contra > musicians have tune books. Could refer to a few tune books. > > > > Also, we've written out a few sets from other bands (e.g., one from Wild > Asparagus) as we're trying to learn from their groove/chord lines etc. and > we are just a local learning band that plays for 20 dancers. If we only > have 1-2 from a particular band, are those ok to post? > > > > Looking for your thoughts! > > > > By no means do I need to post of course... ... .just interested in giving > back to the wider community what we've been learning over the last number > of years. > > > > With thanks :) > > Emily Addison in Ottawa >
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