| Bruce Olson writes:
| There's lots of tunes and information on tonic sol-fa on the internet.
| Use google to search on 'tonic sol fa'.
Sure 'nuf. Of course, 2/3 of the matches are for the pop group that
uses that name. Can't say that they're my favorite band. Anyhow, I
looked around, and f
Exciting news, for Scotland at least.
I saw Wendy MacIsaac this afternoon, and she says that tomorrow, she's
flying to Scotland to being a 3 week tour with Beolach.
So, you lucky people, watch for these fine musicians, and let us know
how they're doing.
Bidh mi 'gad fhaicinn!!!
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From: "Jack Campin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [scots-l] Few Notes
>
> The old version of Teribus in my modes tutorial (which I'm currently
> updating)
That's great! That tutorial is just fantastic
> 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.e. D to B for a D whistle]
That tune seems to be derived from "March to the Battlefield", which
itself uses a full octave.
> I'm trying to find Scottish tunes which use as f
Nigel Gatherer wrote:
>
> John Chambers wrote:
>
> > Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland writes:
> > | My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose
> > | (also called "Low Down In the Broom")
> > I guess there's an official spec, but I don't know
>>
>
> where to access it (Jack - do you kno
John Chambers wrote:
> ...The meaning of the letters is quite obvious. The rhythic symbols
> are a bit puzzling. What do all those punctuation characters really
> mean?
> My first guess is that the colon is a beat separator, '-' is a tie,
> and dot and comma mean "short". But I could be misin
John Chambers wrote:
> Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland writes:
> | My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose
> | (also called "Low Down In the Broom")
> |
> | s .m|d :- .d|r :m |d' :- .t|l :s |l :- .s |l :d' |r' :- |
> | d'.r',m'|d :- .d|r :m |d' :- .t|l :s |l :- .s |l :t|d' :- |
> | :
| > Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland writes:
| > | My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose
| > | (also called "Low Down In the Broom")
| > |
| > | s .m|d :- .d|r :m |d' :- .t|l :s |l :- .s |l :d' |r' :- |
| > | d'.r',m'|d :- .d|r :m |d' :- .t|l :s |l :- .s |l :t|d' :- |
| > | :s |d' :
> I have no recollection of learning sol-fa at school, but it's obvious
> that I did, because it is ingrained; I can "hear" a piece of sol-fa, I
> can sing sol-fa correctly, and with a very small effort can write it
> fairly well. And I'm sure that many other people can as well .. What
> do y
John Chambers wrote:
> Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland writes:
> | My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose
> | (also called "Low Down In the Broom")
> |
> | s .m|d :- .d|r :m |d' :- .t|l :s |l :- .s |l :d' |r' :- |
> | d'.r',m'|d :- .d|r :m |d' :- .t|l :s |l :- .s |l :t|d' :- |
> | :
- Original Message -
From: "Nigel Gatherer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 10:58 AM
Subject: [scots-l] Re: A Few Notes for Nigel
>
> Hey, thanks Manuel! In the spirit of Niel Gow and William Marshall, I
> offer the following:
>
> X:364
> T:Nigel
Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland writes:
| My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose
| (also called "Low Down In the Broom")
|
| s .m|d :- .d|r :m |d' :- .t|l :s |l :- .s |l :d' |r' :- |
| d'.r',m'|d :- .d|r :m |d' :- .t|l :s |l :- .s |l :t|d' :- |
| :s |d' :m' |r':d'|l .d':- |s :m |
pelaes unsubscribe me. Tnaks.
John Chambers wrote:
> Going a bit further afield, a while back as a Scottish
> dance, we included the following simple but beautiful tune
> in a medley for an air-type strathspey. Some of the dancers
> recognized it and had big grins on their faces. We omitt
Going a bit further afield, a while back as a Scottish
dance, we included the following simple but beautiful tune
in a medley for an air-type strathspey. Some of the dancers
recognized it and had big grins on their faces. We omitted
the repeat of the fourth phrase, of course, to get 16 bars
Blair said
> I have desperately been trying to get a copy of 'Charles the twelfth
> King of Sweden'. Any Ideas?
What is it?
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Hey New CD. I believe, there is a CD release scheduled for
Halifax on April 29th, at the Old Triangle. PRobably the evening, as
it is a Monday.
-- Forwarded message --
George:
Thought you might be interested in this:
Sea-Cape Music Ltd. will soon be releasing a
Hi All,
I've just received this. Any ideas? Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Cheers,
Ian
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From: Blair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 05 April 2002 14:07
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Music
I have desperately been trying to get a copy of 'Charles the twelfth
> Hi!I'm Patty and I'm GreekDo you remember a quite old Grant's
> whisky advertisement where there is a guy walking in a garden
> reading a poem starting like that:"Oh,my love is like a red red
> rose" or something like that?I was a kid when the ad was played in
> Greece and I don't remember
Hi All,
I've just had this query. Anyone able to help?
Please include Patty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on replies.
Cheers,
Ian
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From: Patty K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 15 April 2002 0:00
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Hi from Greece...
Hi!I'm Patty and I'm Greek.Th
>keep thinking there must be a Scottish equivalent, a song air perhaps,
>which is perfect for the job - but WHAT IS IT?
Taladh Chriosda (Christ Child Lullaby) is pretty simple, yet a nice
tune. Getting beginner fiddle students to do slurs with it was hard
though, and it sounds a bit choppy wit
Manuel Waldesco wrote:
> 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
Hey, thanks Manuel! In the spiri
Eva M wrote:
> How about the Shetland tune "Spootiskerry"--simple (practically
> pentatonic), very rhythmic with lots of repitition. It's alot of fun
> to play.
Yes, I agree (that F# at the beginning of the B part really annoys me
because apart from that note it IS pentatonic!), but it's not
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