Hi again!
I've been looking for such few-notes-Scottish tunes and ... I haven't found
any so, at the end, I've decided to write my own! (just a bit of fun)
There you go:
X:15
T:A Few Notes for Nigel
R:jig
C:Manuel W. Balaguer-Cortes
Z:Manuel Waldesco
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
D2G BAG|E2D E2G|D2G BAG|A2B
How about the Shetland tune "Spootiskerry"--simple (practically pentatonic), very
rhythmic with lots of repitition. It's alot of fun to play.
-Eva M.
Kate Dunlay or David Greenberg wrote:
> >I came across the Irish polka below, and what drew me to it was how few
> >notes are used in the t
In a message dated 4/14/02 4:16:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Neither do I... :-)
Fancy that! All this time I imagined you with the fiddle, but goodness, I know better than that, don't I? Dear me, wake up, Cynthia.
I will start scouting tunes for you! Anything to launc
Bluebells - eight actually, at least in pipe music where it is unusual
because it is not pentatonic in structure.
I always found it very easy to teach because it is mostly crotchet or tied
crotchet single note beats. I used it for teaching learner pipers who could
even pick it up and play it qu
Cynthia Cathcart wrote:
> May I put on my Pedagogy Hat? Now, I don't play the fiddle...
Neither do I... :-) However, the situation I'm considering is the very
first lesson for a Beginners Whistle class. I would like to start off
by getting them to learn, say, three notes: G, A and B. We'll noodl
In a message dated 4/14/02 9:55:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm trying to find Scottish
tunes which use as few notes, for use in teaching complete beginners.
We've been discussing "Come Give Me Your Hand" on the wire harp list. It's ALMOST pentatonic, but I think it g
>I came across the Irish polka below, and what drew me to it was how few
>notes are used in the tune (five in all). I'm trying to find Scottish
>tunes which use as few notes, for use in teaching complete beginners.
>Any suggestions?
I always use Mairi's Wedding in A. Works out well on the fiddle
What about the "Blackberry Bush" reel? It would take longer to learn because
it has 4 parts but it's also a pentatonic tune and sounds similar to this
Irish polka.
Another option would be "Harris Dance" though, in all cases, these are
tunes which jump the octave, if you want tunes with just five
Bruce Campbell wrote:
> Bluebells of Scotland springs immediately to mind.
[Humming it in my head.] Um, unless I have the wrong tune, Bluebells
uses nine different notes, counting low doh and high doh as two
different notes:
ABC notation:
A|d2 cB A2 Bc/d/|FFGE D3 A|FDFA d2 Bc/d/|cAB^G A2 z|
To
Bluebells of Scotland springs immediately to mind.
Bruce Campbell
>From: Nigel Gatherer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: Scots-L Posting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [scots-l] Few Notes
>Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 14:52:15 +0100
>
>I came across the Irish polka below, and what
I came across the Irish polka below, and what drew me to it was how few
notes are used in the tune (five in all). I'm trying to find Scottish
tunes which use as few notes, for use in teaching complete beginners.
Any suggestions?
X:1
T:no name
R:polka
H:Also in A, #111
D:Martin O'Connor: The Conna
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