Nigel Gatherer writes: | Matt Seattle wrote: | | > Nigel, are you sure you got the mode right for Cassino? Sounds | > decidedly odd IMHO! | | Matt spots the deliberate mistake this week - glad you're awake, Matt! | | Yes, of course you're right. The key it's normally in is A dorian - I | think - but on the record I took it from it was played in E dorian. | Sorry for that!
Hmmm ... It sounds better to me if I play it as Amix. This is the same key sig as Edorian, of course, but the tonic is clearly A. So should the c's be sharp or natural? Part of why I'd put it into Amix is that it looks and sounds like a highland pipe tune. But I suppose it doesn't have to be. Maybe I'll try it in a few other scales and see how it works. A hijaz seems to work pretty well, so maybe it's really a Turkish pipe tune? Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
