Hello Rick
That's probably a one for Catriona but I'll take a stab -
a) It's the key it seems to have been written in
b) It probably fits well on the fiddle and that's what the teacher
played
c) When people alter keys like that (eg. Calliope House from Emaj to
Dmaj) something is lost
and most importantly d) It sounded really lovely in that key.
In this particular instance Alice was the only piper among a group of
hotshot players - mostly fiddlers - so she just fitted in. The thing
was she made such a good job of it Catriona dropped a group of about 10
down to just her and Alice to really punch it along as a middle tune in
a great set.
Anthony
--- On Tue, 17/5/11, Rick Damon <richard.a.damon....@dartmouth.edu>
wrote:
From: Rick Damon <richard.a.damon....@dartmouth.edu>
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: E major tune
To: "Anthony Robb" <anth...@robbpipes.com>
Cc: "Dartmouth NPS" <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Date: Tuesday, 17 May, 2011, 15:21
Anthony, can you explain why one would want to play such a tune in
Emaj, when it fits nicely in Gmaj?
Just wondering...
On May 17, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Anthony Robb wrote:
>
> --- On Tue, 17/5/11, Gibbons, John <[1]j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk>
wrote:
>
> It is remarkable that an Emaj tune can be played successfully, 4
sharps
> away from the NSP's home key. It might be easier if the tune was on
a
> gapped scale rather than full-blown E major, but it is hard to
avoid
> the E-B interval, which isn't quite a 5th on NSP, but should be in
this
> key.
> Playing on the keys rather than fingerholes slows us mortals down,
too.
> I'd like to see the dots or abc of the tune, just to know what some
> people are managing nowadays.
> Hello John & all
> Neil Tavernor kindly sent attachments of two versions in ABC from
JC
> tune finder.
> Here's a link to ABC and sheetmusic formats:
> [1][2]http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8853/comments
> Anthony
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