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Frank:
An icon of the traditional English folk music scene, Rod Stradling,
recently told me about a place in Italy that had recently redicsovered
its
own un
Brad McEwen wrote:
> Still, it seemed to suggest that all folk music originated in the
> upper classes. We all knoow how capable the peasant and other "lower"
> classes were of creating music.
Yes but as the old saying goes: he who pays the fiddler calls the tune.
Frank Nordberg
http://www.m
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>> Frank:
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>> An icon of the traditional English folk
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From: "Brad McEwen"
To: ; "Cittern NET"
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 8:20 PM
Subject: [CITTERN] Re: Traditional British (plucked) instruments
Frank:
An icon of the traditional English folk music scene, Rod Stradling,
recently told me about a place in Italy that had
8 8:20 PM
Subject: [CITTERN] Re: Traditional British (plucked) instruments
> Frank:
>
> An icon of the traditional English folk music scene, Rod Stradling,
> recently told me about a place in Italy that had recently redicsovered its
> own unique traditional music and dances. They w
"Brad McEwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Cittern NET"
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 8:20 PM
Subject: [CITTERN] Re: Traditional British (plucked) instruments
Frank:
An icon of the traditional English folk music scene, Rod Stradling,
recently to
Frank:
An icon of the traditional English folk music scene, Rod Stradling, recently
told me about a place in Italy that had recently redicsovered its own unique
traditional music and dances. They were said to be paticular to that
reginalone. A small group of dedicted people wen tin search
Dear Martina,
So interesting to hear your thoughts on this; and sadly gratifying as
well, as they match my thoughts--but I'm an outsider. By blood, I'm
Irish American, but have always been interested in German culture, and
the 19th century. From a very early age I knew Erk's Deutsche
Liede
> On Apr 7, 2008, at 1:43 AM, Frank Nordberg wrote:
> >
> > Your folk music is a means to define where you come from and where
> > you belong in this world. And since we don't all belong in the same
> > place (fortunately) it may not be the same as somebody else's folk
> > music.
> >
Dear Frank,
I really enjoyed your comments on folk music. One
thing I find interesting is some of the
differences in how Canadians fit music into the
categories. Blues is much more a part of folk in
Canada. And the influence of English music (and
French) is stronger in their folk music.
Nancy Carlin
>I
One of the interesting things about the Welsh crwth is that while
there are several extant instruments (including a nice one in the
National Library in Aberystwyth) the playing tradition got completely
killed off by the religious movement that encouraged people to get
rid of instruments and sto
Dear Frank,
Very interesting essay, and clearly the product of wide experience and
a lot of thought. Basically, couldn't agree more with your statements
and the lack of an easy answer. The question is, frankly, the answer.
And I hope that doesn't sound like too much of a new-age mantra: in
Dear Stuart,
What you say is very true: but perhaps the issue is more what people
"in period"_made_of the distinction: I freely give that the
distinction is there, that they could make it, and that they did make
it.
All that follows is under the bright red rubric of "In my Opinion."
T
Doc Rossi wrote:
Related to this topic, there will be an article about the influence of
"art" music on "traditional" music in the Summer 2008 issue of Fiddler
Magazine [ http://www.fiddle.com/ ], written by Andrew Kuntz, who is
responsible for The Fiddler’s Companion website.
http://www.ibibli
Related to this topic, there will be an article about the influence of
"art" music on "traditional" music in the Summer 2008 issue of Fiddler
Magazine [ http://www.fiddle.com/ ], written by Andrew Kuntz, who is
responsible for The Fiddler’s Companion website. http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/i
David:
Well, I could be wrong, but since bowed instruments are more recent that
plucked, it would seem that way. The crowd is one of those many instruments
that (I believe) evolved from the Greek Kithara and are known throughout Europe
by various names..zither, citera, etc (ha ha). The s
Hi Brad,
Thanks for the clarification - I had understood the evolution to have gone
the other direction (evolving from other northern european bowed lyres). It
is quite a tangle, isn't it?
Best regards,
David
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Brad McEwen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> it
Hi:
it si my understanding tha the original medaeival "crowd" from which the
bowed Welsh crwth derived, was a plucked instrument.
Brad
David Cushman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi All,
I have done a little research into the crwth and it is indeed a bowed
instrument that survives in
Hi All,
I have done a little research into the crwth and it is indeed a bowed
instrument that survives in Wales. There is a group called Bragod who have
done some research into the instrument and have some novel ideas about it.
It is generally tuned Pythagorean and musically makes use of lots of
The crwth has one plucked string on the bass side
of the instrument. The rest are over a rather
flat bridge and are bowed. Here is a link to some pictures
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crwth
Cass Meurig, who is in one of the pictures, wrote
a PhD dissertation on the instrument and has made a CD
This lot should get you started. I recorded two CDs with Bill Taylor (first
link below) but neither with a pictish harp.
http://www.spanglefish.com/Clarsach/documents/ARTICLES/BILL_TAYLOR/Trad_and_Historical_Scottish_Harps.doc
http://www.pictart.org/music.htm
http://www.ardival.com/
Rob
On 05/
Rob MacKillop wrote:
Does the Pictish traingular harp count?
It certainly does. I was trying to keep things simple by only focusing
on fretted instruments but on second though that may not have been a
good idea.
Frank Nordberg
http://www.musicaviva.com
http://stores.ebay.com/Nordbergs-Mus
Does the Pictish traingular harp count?
Rob
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Damien, I'm sure other people will disagree with me, so I'll send this
to the cittern list! (also: the 'crwth' is a bowed instrument, not plucked)
Damien Delgrossi wrote:
I am suprised to read you saying that UK doesn't have plucked
instruments traditions. What about banjos? and pictures sho
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