Frank Nordberg writes:
>...One of the best known mid-16th C. jigs, Kemp's jig, shows no
>resemblance at all to the modern jig, but is a dead ringer for a
>rujero. (Concidering the fact that it's named after a famous
>actor/dancer/performer, it's probably a set dance anyway.)
It's a Morris Da
Jack Campin writes:
>"Gilderoy" gets around... there's probably no other tune in the British
>Isles with so many descendants. "Gilderoy" *means* "red haired boy".
>
Unless, of course, it dates all the way back to Gilles de Rais, in
which case it means "Bluebeard".
Cheers,
John Walsh
T
Apologies for dragging up old threads, but I've been away for a while.
jhoerr writes:
>What does this prove, except that *your* rules are self-defeating and
>incomplete? If your rules imply a contradiction where even novice
>musicians agree on a single interpretation, don't you think maybe the
>
> This tune is really great !! It's one of my favorite in the celtic
> area. We play it with my folk band.
> You can find a cover of it by the famous breton band Tri Yann.
> They called it "Kerfank 1870".
As usual there's a web page about it once you know what to look for:
http://www.bzh.com/k
This one is the signature tune of the Edinburgh Shetland Fiddlers.
They think it's Norwegian but nobody can remember where they got
it from. Ideas?
X:1
T:The Hoy Song
Z:Jack Campin 2002
S:Edinburgh Shetland Fiddlers
M:2/4
L:1/16
Q:1/4=128
K:A % or do we play it in G? I can't remember.
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Ok. I've allowed some time since my initial mailing, and I think it's
safe to say, that the results are in, and they are pretty much as I
expected. 50-50, for/against. ... roughly. My thanks to all replys, even
to negative responses. I've quoted the 4 direct responses I received for
clarity, an
Bryan wrote:
>I accept The Cuckoo's Nest, Jacky Tar, The Red-haired Boy, and
>Gilderoy as cousins but I can't see the resemblance to King of
>the Fairies.
I also hear a kinship with Scollay's Reel and The Battle of Augrim.
X:1
T:Scollay's Reel
M:C|
R:Reel
K:Em
E3FG3A|B2Bc BAGA|B2E2E2G2|FGAFD
Laurie Griffiths wrote:
>
> Frank wrote "... (BTW, I thought everybody in Britain was force fed
> Shakespeare during
> elemntary school the same way us poor Norwegians are force fed Ibsen!)"
>
> Yes, indeed. In an education that was about as far biased towards sciences
> as it could be I was
Laura Conrad wrote:
>
> That was my problem; we did read 12th night, but I missed the dirty
> jokes. As well as all the stuff about dancing.
Speaking of jokes (and returning to the original topic): I just added a
new piece to the folkband site; a reel called "Johnny with the queer
thing". Doe
John Chambers wrote:
>
> Frank asks:
> | Can anybody tell the difference between a shottish and a Norwegian
> | reinlender then?
>
> Yeah - They're spelled differently.
>
> (That's the only difference that I can see.)
Richard Robinson wrote:
>
> I wouldn't put it past the Norwegians to hav
This tune is really great !! It's one of my favorite in the celtic
area.
We play it with my folk band.
You can find a cover of it by the famous breton band Tri Yann.
They called it "Kerfank 1870". I can't swear it, but I think the
rythm is an "An Dro".
The lyrics they use is
"Général, ma Gén
> "Laurie" == Laurie Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Laurie> Also I was young and pitifully innocent and missed almost
Laurie> all of the dirty jokes.
That was my problem; we did read 12th night, but I missed the dirty
jokes. As well as all the stuff about dancing.
--
Laura
No, that was someone else that wrote that. :)
I live in the British Isles. I thought that the whole world knew that we
invented football, the wheel, tennis, language, movement etc.
L.
- Original Message -
From: Frank Nordberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March
Frank wrote "... (BTW, I thought everybody in Britain was force fed
Shakespeare during
elemntary school the same way us poor Norwegians are force fed Ibsen!)"
Yes, indeed. In an education that was about as far biased towards sciences
as it could be I was nevertheless force-fed Henry IV, Henry V,
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Frank Nordberg wrote:
> John Chambers wrote (about shottish):
>
> ...
>
> > the constant footwork of: step-step-step-hop, step-step-step-hop,
> > step-hop-step-hop, step-hop-step-hop.
>
> Hmmm...
> Can anybody tell the difference between a shottish and a Norwegian
> rein
This is an andro, a dance very popular in breton festoù-noz (sort of
ceili). I used to play a very close version in Am (see below). Few dance
tunes have title in britanny, except when they are related to a song. I
remember that Tri Yann has recorded a song with this music but I don't
know the
Frank asks:
| ...
| John Chambers wrote (about shottish):
| > the constant footwork of: step-step-step-hop, step-step-step-hop,
| > step-hop-step-hop, step-hop-step-hop.
|
| Hmmm...
| Can anybody tell the difference between a shottish and a Norwegian
| reinlender then?
Yeah - They're spelled
Laurie Griffiths wrote:
>
> Frank asked "A rant? Is there actually a dance called that???
> (Reminds me of what Shakespeare says about the branle, btw...)..."
>
> And what did Shakespeare say about the branle? (I know that one meaning of
> the French verb "branler" is not polite to mention her
John Chambers wrote (about shottish):
...
> the constant footwork of: step-step-step-hop, step-step-step-hop,
> step-hop-step-hop, step-hop-step-hop.
Hmmm...
Can anybody tell the difference between a shottish and a Norwegian
reinlender then?
Frank
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Laurie Griffiths wrote:
>
> Yeah. There are some old music history books that claimed that the
> Irish got the jig from the Italian tarantella. The explanation for
> this seems to have been that the historians didn't believe that
> anyone in the British Isles had the brains t
Richard Robinson wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, John Chambers wrote:
>
>> The word "hornpipe" does exist primarily as a dance term, ...
>
>I think it has also been used for an instrument name (just to confuse
>things) - unsurprisingly enough. I have a vague memory of bumping into it
>somewhere (bu
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