On Wednesday 06 February 2002 06:06, Nigel Gatherer wrote:
STRATHSPEYS
Jeffrey Friedman says they dance Strathspeys at 60. I'm not a dancer,
but musically that seems VERY slow to me [3]. JMM states the limits as
between 160 and 188. That upper limit seems fast to me, but nothing
compared to
David Francis wrote:
...Jimmy Shand was renowned for his ability to hit the right tempo
and keep it ticking along...Beware the early Shand recordings though.
They go at an unbelievable lick. One theory is that this was to
accommodate the limited recording space available on the old shellac
Wendy Galovich wrote:
Nigel - Jeff was referring to Scottish Country Dance strathspeys, not
Cape Breton. For SCD aren't the strathspeys supposed to be counted
two to the bar, rather than four to the bar as in Cape Breton?
That's what I'm guessing, Wendy. Jeffrey specifically said quarter
Hi Wendy, Nigel,
On Wednesday 06 February 2002 06:06, Nigel Gatherer wrote:
STRATHSPEYS
Jeffrey Friedman says they dance Strathspeys at 60. I'm not a dancer,
but musically that seems VERY slow to me [3]. JMM states the limits as
between 160 and 188. That upper limit seems fast to me,
Nigel Gatherer wrote:
| David Francis wrote:
| ...Jimmy Shand was renowned for his ability to hit the right tempo
| and keep it ticking along...Beware the early Shand recordings though.
| They go at an unbelievable lick. One theory is that this was to
| accommodate the limited recording
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Nigel Gatherer wrote:
As for dancers not knowing the difference between a reel and a jig: why
on earth should they? I can't see that it's very relevant to how they
dance. One plays 2 or 4 notes to the beat, the other 3, but the beat
remains the same, doesn't it?
Nigel Gatherer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think as you said we need Anselm or David South to come in with their
thoughts now.
SCD strathspeys are at 116 »ticks« per minute or so if you let your
metronome tick four times per bar. (I'm desperately trying to avoid the
issue of »beats« to the
On Wednesday 06 February 2002 20:26, Toby Rider wrote:
Does anyone know the name of the pipe strathspey that Brendan plays
right after Dusky Meadow, but before the John Campbell reel in this set:
http://barra.tullochgorm.com/mp3s/scottish/MabouRidgeSet.mp3
I can't put a name to
Anselm Lingnau wrote:
(Nigel, I think, wrote)
As for dancers not knowing the difference between a reel and a jig: why
on earth should they? I can't see that it's very relevant to how they
dance. One plays 2 or 4 notes to the beat, the other 3, but the beat
remains the same, doesn't it?
On our local San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers mail list a question came up
that is driving me crazy; I should be able to figure this out but can't.
Someone asked whether a grace note is played on the beat, or ahead of the
beat. I maintained that for dance or march music a strong beat is wanted
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