Re: [abcusers] OT: hornpipes

joe mc cool wrote: > > This has nothing to do with abc, but > > Further to the King of the Fairies etc: > > I was told once that Hornpipes came originally from France. > > Is this true and in what way ? > > (Sigh, they are _still_ lovely !) > > Joe Mc Cool > To subscribe/unsubscribe, p

[abcusers] OT: hornpipes

This has nothing to do with abc, but Further to the King of the Fairies etc: I was told once that Hornpipes came originally from France. Is this true and in what way ? (Sigh, they are _still_ lovely !) Joe Mc Cool To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.c

[abcusers] Re: mystery Breton tune

Jack wrote: >Anybody know anything about this tune? ... I have heard Wild Asparagus play it (or something very similar) at a contradance. I've just looked through their web site and although they have some sound files, this doesn't seem to be among them. I bet i

[abcusers] (no subject)

Frank Nordberg asked >A rant? Is there actually a dance called that??? The rant is a northern English dance form which, to be honest, I don't know a lot about. There is a dance step called a rant which is a bit difficult to demonstrate over the internet (OK, with my knees, it's a bit difficul

[abcusers] Software development - Yeah, Whatever ...

Steve Mansfield >Let's face it there's only three (or is it four) parallel groups all >looking at extending the abc specification, eg > >this list >the sub-committee of this list set up last year >abctf / abc+ / abc 2.0 (I forget are they distinct or all the same?) >sourceforge You forgot Guido

Re: [abcusers] Re: Folkband

>> > King of the Fairies English?! >> I thought it was Irish, but it's a variant of an older tune, "Gilderoy", >> which is first documented from Scotland but could equally well be English. > Hold on, Jack! Last time we had this folkband discussion, you said that > *Red-haired boy* was the same tun

Re: [abcusers] Re: Folkband

Anselm writes: | John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > Part of the story was that if you played the King's tune | > three times, he would appear. He would usually be in | > disguise, of course, so you wouldn't necessarily realize he | > was present. And summoning the Fairy King

Re: [abcusers] mystery Breton tune

Jack Campin wrote: > > Anybody know anything about this tune? It's probably just a coincidence, but the beginning sounds very similar to a well-known Norwegian lullaby: X:396 T:Byssan lull C:anon. O:Norway N:Collected by Evert Taube R:Lullaby Z:Transcribed by Frank Nordberg - http://www.music

Re: [abcusers] Re: Folkband

Jack Campin wrote: > > > King of the Fairies English?! > > I thought it was Irish, but it's a variant of an older tune, "Gilderoy", > which is first documented from Scotland but could equally well be English. Hold on, Jack! Last time we had this folkband discussion, you said that *Red-haired

Re: [abcusers] Re: Folkband

John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Part of the story was that if you played the King's tune > three times, he would appear. He would usually be in > disguise, of course, so you wouldn't necessarily realize he > was present. And summoning the Fairy King isn't something > that

Re: [abcusers] Re: Folkband

John Chambers writes: > Well, the Irish definitely claim it, and there's a step It also _sounds_ Irish. Great tune, irrespective. Joe Mc Cool To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html

Re: [abcusers] Re: Folkband

Frank writes: | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | > King of the Fairies English?! | | Is it Irish? I know the book I got the tune from is wrong about the | nationalitie of some tunes. Well, the Irish definitely claim it, and there's a step dance to it that is part of the Standard Repertoire among

[abcusers] mystery Breton tune

Anybody know anything about this tune? (I already asked this on uk.music.folk, no answer). I got it as a graphics file off the Internet years ago and have been playing it ever since, but have come across it recently in two different contexts - a Canadian fiddler I know plays it, and the first ha

Re: [abcusers] Re: Folkband

> The up tempo feel of The Girl I Left Behind Me (known as Brighton Camp > around here, I live ten miles from Brighton) is anticipation - >And if the night be ever so dark >Or ever so wet and windy >I must return to the Brighton Camp >And the girl I left behind me. > Adjust windy t

Re: [abcusers] Re: Folkband

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Nice work Frank. Thanks, Bryan :-) [The Girl I Left Behind Me] OK. Seems I misunderstand the whole story, then. > > Technical point. Morpeth Rant isn't a hornpipe. It's a rant, A rant? Is there actually a dance called that??? (Reminds me of what Shakespeare

Re: [abcusers] New Software Development

> I'm in a software engineering course this semester, and we've decided we'd > like to go at adding another product to realm of available 'abc' tools. [...] > Right now, the idea is based mostly on writing new file format which will > implement the current standard of ABC. We want to write our pr

Re: [abcusers] New Software Development

Christian Marcus Cepel wrote: >I'm in a software engineering course this semester, and we've decided we'd >like to go at adding another product to realm of available 'abc' tools. Cool stuff Christian. > >I write secondarily, to find out if anyone with previous experience would >be willing to ma

[abcusers] Software development - Yeah, Whatever ...

Christian Cepel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >Right now, the idea is based mostly on writing new file format which will >implement the current standard of ABC. We want to write our program to >implement fully, and not expand at all on or deviate at all from the >specifications of the current stand

[abcusers] Re: Folkband

Nice work Frank. The up tempo feel of The Girl I Left Behind Me (known as Brighton Camp around here, I live ten miles from Brighton) is anticipation - And if the night be ever so dark Or ever so wet and windy I must return to the Brighton Camp And the girl I left behind me. Adjust windy to rhy