Re: [scots-l] Earl of Jura

2000-11-27 Thread Nigel Gatherer
Ted Hastings wrote: > ...The commas in quote marks...are an attempt at notating the breath > marks which appear in the original music as abc doesn't appear to > support these directly... Ted, _do_ fiddlers need indications of where to breathe? ;-> -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[scots-l] Scullion's Wife/Khazi

2000-11-27 Thread Nigel Gatherer
The following came to the Irtrad list. I've never heard of any of these tunes - anyone else? > One of our fiddle players asked if I would check with > IRTRAD to see if anyone knows where we can get these > two Scottish tunes? The usual search turned up nada. > Scullion's Wife > Khazi > abc's

RE: [scots-l] Earl of Jura

2000-11-27 Thread Ted Hastings
> -Original Message- > From: Nigel Gatherer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 27 November 2000 19:13 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [scots-l] Earl of Jura > > > Ted Hastings wrote: > > > ...The commas in quote marks...are an attempt at notating the breath > > marks which appe

RE: [scots-l] Scullion's Wife/Khazi

2000-11-27 Thread Ted Hastings
> -Original Message- > From: Nigel Gatherer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 27 November 2000 19:27 > To: Scots-L Posting > Subject: [scots-l] Scullion's Wife/Khazi > > > The following came to the Irtrad list. I've never heard of any of these > tunes - anyone else? > > > > One of o

Re: [scots-l] Earl of Jura

2000-11-27 Thread Toby Rider
Being myself a fiddler, I think some fiddlers should be given indications of where to *slow down* :-) Toby On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Nigel Gatherer wrote: > Ted Hastings wrote: > > > ...The commas in quote marks...are an attempt at notating the breath > > marks which appear in th

Re: [scots-l] Earl of Jura

2000-11-27 Thread Carol Thompkins
As a classical piano teacher, I teach my students to breathe at the end of phrases and cadence points. It helps if they actually take a breath at these places. When I play with my string partner, we also discuss where the breathing spots are. It helps the music flow better IMHO. Carol Toby Ri