[NSP] Re: Harvest tunes
You mean we could get away with Pachelbel's, Harvest Ground Canon, from his famous suite, A Bass for All Seasons? :) Richard. On 03/09/2011 21:19, Barry Say wrote: It has been reported that when Jack Armstrong appeared on the radio, the producers encouraged (required?) him to provide Northumbrian titles for the tunes he used. Whether or not this is true, why not take existing tunes which you like to play and give them 'Harvest' titles. I heard an interview with a young American singer/songwriter who accompanied herself on guitar. She was offered a well-paid gig to play 'cowboy' songs. A friend advised her to take the gig, play her own material, and call them cowboy songs. Of the audience he said Hell, they ain't no ethnomusicologists. Just a thought. Barry Richard York wrote: Please may I thank all those of you who, both on and off-list, have sent such a wealth of ideas. I knew this group was a helpful bunch of people, but have been really delighted by the quantity of great ideas, and the time you've taken to put them together. The service our friend is conducting could now be hours long, and that's just the music, never mind the other bits! There's a meeting this Tuesday of the people taking part, and I'll bring all the suggestions to it. Thanks again, Richard. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --- Text inserted by Panda IS 2011: This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited mail (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: http://localhost:6083/Panda?ID=pav_18625SPAM=truepath=C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Richard\Local%20Settings\Application%20Data\Panda%20Security\Panda%20Internet%20Security%202011\AntiSpam ---
[NSP] Re: Harvest tunes
Exactly! And when they ask where the tune came from you say Whey man, it's in aall the books. in a confident Wideopen accent that will tolerate no dissent. Barry Richard York wrote: You mean we could get away with Pachelbel's, Harvest Ground Canon, from his famous suite, A Bass for All Seasons? :) Richard. On 03/09/2011 21:19, Barry Say wrote: It has been reported that when Jack Armstrong appeared on the radio, the producers encouraged (required?) him to provide Northumbrian titles for the tunes he used. Whether or not this is true, why not take existing tunes which you like to play and give them 'Harvest' titles. I heard an interview with a young American singer/songwriter who accompanied herself on guitar. She was offered a well-paid gig to play 'cowboy' songs. A friend advised her to take the gig, play her own material, and call them cowboy songs. Of the audience he said Hell, they ain't no ethnomusicologists. Just a thought. Barry Richard York wrote: Please may I thank all those of you who, both on and off-list, have sent such a wealth of ideas. I knew this group was a helpful bunch of people, but have been really delighted by the quantity of great ideas, and the time you've taken to put them together. The service our friend is conducting could now be hours long, and that's just the music, never mind the other bits! There's a meeting this Tuesday of the people taking part, and I'll bring all the suggestions to it. Thanks again, Richard. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --- Text inserted by Panda IS 2011: This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited mail (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: http://localhost:6083/Panda?ID=pav_18625SPAM=truepath=C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Richard\Local%20Settings\Application%20Data\Panda%20Security\Panda%20Internet%20Security%202011\AntiSpam ---
[NSP] Re: Harvest tunes
Please may I thank all those of you who, both on and off-list, have sent such a wealth of ideas. I knew this group was a helpful bunch of people, but have been really delighted by the quantity of great ideas, and the time you've taken to put them together. The service our friend is conducting could now be hours long, and that's just the music, never mind the other bits! There's a meeting this Tuesday of the people taking part, and I'll bring all the suggestions to it. Thanks again, Richard. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Harvest tunes
It has been reported that when Jack Armstrong appeared on the radio, the producers encouraged (required?) him to provide Northumbrian titles for the tunes he used. Whether or not this is true, why not take existing tunes which you like to play and give them 'Harvest' titles. I heard an interview with a young American singer/songwriter who accompanied herself on guitar. She was offered a well-paid gig to play 'cowboy' songs. A friend advised her to take the gig, play her own material, and call them cowboy songs. Of the audience he said Hell, they ain't no ethnomusicologists. Just a thought. Barry Richard York wrote: Please may I thank all those of you who, both on and off-list, have sent such a wealth of ideas. I knew this group was a helpful bunch of people, but have been really delighted by the quantity of great ideas, and the time you've taken to put them together. The service our friend is conducting could now be hours long, and that's just the music, never mind the other bits! There's a meeting this Tuesday of the people taking part, and I'll bring all the suggestions to it. Thanks again, Richard. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Harvest tunes
Yes, Cut Dry is the obvious one. I did a survey of versions for an article in the NPS mag many (harvest) moons ago, and have since come up with more information and my own version, but one good version is enough (e.g. Peacock or Dixon). Others with appropriate titles are Jack's Gone A-Shearing (Vickers) and Robin Shure In Hairst [=Sheared in Harvest/Autumn] (in Dixon as Mock The Soldier's Lady), both fine 3/2 hornpipes. These have made me ponder about a connection between the lost 3/2 hornpipe and the physical activity of harvesting - I have read that pipers played for harvest workers. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Harvest tunes
Two or three from Vickers - The Kirn Staff (Kirn = Corn, as in Kirn Supper) and the Threshers, also perhaps The Hare in the Corn, though the hare being in the corn is more of a problem before you have cut it. You'd expect musicians at a Kirn supper. There are probably a few more out there. Of course I nearly forgot Corn Rigs. John In a message dated 02/09/2011 12:45:27 GMT Daylight Time, theborderpi...@googlemail.com writes: Yes, Cut Dry is the obvious one. I did a survey of versions for an article in the NPS mag many (harvest) moons ago, and have since come up with more information and my own version, but one good version is enough (e.g. Peacock or Dixon). Others with appropriate titles are Jack's Gone A-Shearing (Vickers) and Robin Shure In Hairst [=Sheared in Harvest/Autumn] (in Dixon as Mock The Soldier's Lady), both fine 3/2 hornpipes. These have made me ponder about a connection between the lost 3/2 hornpipe and the physical activity of harvesting - I have read that pipers played for harvest workers. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
[NSP] Re: Harvest tunes
Also, from Ireland, the Stack of Wheat and the Little Stack of Barley; the latter is the portion of barley that 'The Ewe with the crooked Horn', the still, is fed with. There should be food and drink as well as music at a decent Harvest supper. John From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of gibbonssoi...@aol.com [gibbonssoi...@aol.com] Sent: 02 September 2011 15:58 To: theborderpi...@googlemail.com; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: Harvest tunes Two or three from Vickers - The Kirn Staff (Kirn = Corn, as in Kirn Supper) and the Threshers, also perhaps The Hare in the Corn, though the hare being in the corn is more of a problem before you have cut it. You'd expect musicians at a Kirn supper. There are probably a few more out there. Of course I nearly forgot Corn Rigs. John In a message dated 02/09/2011 12:45:27 GMT Daylight Time, theborderpi...@googlemail.com writes: Yes, Cut Dry is the obvious one. I did a survey of versions for an article in the NPS mag many (harvest) moons ago, and have since come up with more information and my own version, but one good version is enough (e.g. Peacock or Dixon). Others with appropriate titles are Jack's Gone A-Shearing (Vickers) and Robin Shure In Hairst [=Sheared in Harvest/Autumn] (in Dixon as Mock The Soldier's Lady), both fine 3/2 hornpipes. These have made me ponder about a connection between the lost 3/2 hornpipe and the physical activity of harvesting - I have read that pipers played for harvest workers. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
[NSP] Re: Harvest tunes
Goswick Kirn - ideal for a kirn (or harvest) supper Margaret To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Harvest tunes
Hi Richard, I think Cut and Dry Dolly is named for the celebration of the last cut of corn/grain/hay, whatever it was. Here's an abc of the tune as given in Bruce and Stokoe's Northumbrian Minstrelsy: X:1 T:Cut and Dry Dolly M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Bruce Stokoe - Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G g|d/B/A/G/ B2|d/B/A/G/ g/f/e/f/|gG B2|Gddg| d/B/A/G/ B2|d/B/A/G/ g/f/e/f/|gA c2|Aee:| |:f|gefd|ecdB|gG B2|Bd de/f/| gefd|ecdB|gA c2|Aee:|| There are also variations for it the NPS Repertoire of Variation Sets book - copies are still available from the NPS. Cheers, Richard Original Message From: rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk Date: 01/09/2011 12:44 To: NSP groupnsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subj: [NSP] Harvest tunes Our band is playing for a Harvest Festival in a church in MK later this month, partly to accompany their hymns, and partly to play a few seasonally relevant tunes at some point. Other than the obvious Harvest Home h'pipe and one or two others, I'm not finding many good tune titles yet, and would welcome suggestions. Useful ones would be good, though I suspect the usual suspects will think of others too... Not necessarily nsp repertoire, just anything you know of, please. (Playford and John Offord both seem to have very little to offer, surprisingly, I was expecting loads of trad titles to leap out at me, as they do for some other times of the year.) With thanks, Richard, -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
