Jack Campin wrote: > Also, I'd suggest listening to the webcast of BBC Radio Scotland's "Take > the Floor" programme. This is a weekly programme of Scottish dance music; > it takes very few risks but will tell you in no uncertain terms what the > right timing for a lot of Scottish dances is. It will also tell you how > sets of tunes are put together; you often find the same kind of sets in > pub sessions, albeit some Take the Floor bands delight in playing their > own material to the exclusion of anything any other player might recognize. > After a while you'll hear which dances and which tunes keep recurring - > they're the standard repertoire, you can filter out the rest.
Hey, cool; I checked the BBC website and found they're offering this program and a bunch of others on-demand; last time I checked they were only webcasting it live! The URL is http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/programmes/other/takethefloor.sh tml and click on "Listen Again." -Steve -- Steve Wyrick - Concord, California "When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl" Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
