There are a couple of recent tunes in 6/4 that get played a lot - "Marni Swanson 0f the Grey Coast" (I forget who wrote that) and Catriona Macdonald's "The joy of it". They are very similar, both somewhat new-agey, and I don't find either of them very memorable (in fact I wonder if the memory-test aspect of these tunes is part of their point).
Is there any traditional genre they fit into? There were once 3/2 hornpipes in Scotland (equally likely to be written as 6/4), mostly borrowed from England but some indigenous; they were nothing like "Marni Swanson", usually with punchy syncopations like this: X:2 T:Old Age and Young Z:Jack Campin 1997 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> S:Dow MS, fiddle part (1746) N:published by Anderson 1790 N:written as 6/4 in MS N:first note in bar 2 of third section is missing in MS, my guess N:third note in bar 3 of third section is missing in MS, my guess M:3/2 L:1/4 Q:1/2=100 % my guess K:GDor G2 B>c d(c/B/)|A FF c A(G/F/) |G2 B>c d(c/B/)|A G2 g A(G/F/) :| ga gG A2 |F f2 F A/B/c/A/|g>a gG A2 |G g2 G A/B/c/A/:| G>A GG, B,2 |G, D2 B AG/F/ |G>A GG, B,2 |D g2 B AG/F/ :| That's a fiddle adaptation of an English pipe tune from the 17th century, "Three Sharp Knives", which I presume went with a ritual- combat dance of some sort. I know which I prefer. Stuck in the wrong century again. =================== <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> =================== Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
