Somebody here got that dang-ol' Seven Dwarves virus...
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----- Original Message -----
From: Nigel Gatherer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 6:10 AM
Subject: Re: [scots-l] Andy Dejarlis Jig
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Jack Campin wrote:
> > >
> > > > People have been commenting extensively on Andy Dejarlis Jig, but
I'd
> > > > like to add that I think for The Sailor's Wife Em is a more usual
key
> > > > than Dm.
> > >
> > > Not here it isn't - people play it in D minor or not at all (despite
> > > it being in print in E minor for well over a century).
> > >
>
> > I would think that it's alot easier to play in D minor, at least on the
> > fiddle. Can it even be played on wind insturments in Em?
>
> Why not? It lies quite nicely on the whistle in Em. I must say I prefer it
> in E minor, and I've heard it played here in that key.
>
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> Nigel Gatherer, Crieff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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