[scots-l] Navan

2003-01-21 Thread Sue Richards
I don't know whether they have been mentioned yet on this list, but a new young group from Madison, Wisconsin, called "Navan" is well worth listening to. Really tight harmonies and excellent singing. They have one CD out. Sue Richards At 11:40 AM 1/21/03 -0800, you wrote: > Slainte Mhath (from C

Re: [scots-l] Oswald's English guittar (was Cumbernauld House)

2003-01-21 Thread David Kilpatrick
Toby Rider wrote: Oswald himself specialised in guittar (English guittar) which has a sound like a very quiet harp or lyre. It's also a very easy instrument to write music with, as it transposes and the tuning forms two major chords (CEGceg, GBDgbd or AC#Eac#e normally). Are there any pict

Re: [scots-l] Cumbernauld House

2003-01-21 Thread David Kilpatrick
Jack Campin wrote: Barfly is so frustrating on my Mac! I can't use anything except 'beep' and it plays in a way which bears no resemblance to your demosntration - all the note lengths are wrong and the result doesn't even sound like a tune. More like some very long horrible ringtone. 1. Reins

Re: [scots-l] Good fusions, bad fusions (was SHSA Comps)

2003-01-21 Thread Toby Rider
> Slainte Mhath (from Cape Breton) makes some really > interesting and danceable music using pop/techno > fusion. They play fiddle, bagpipes, bodhran, > keyboards, flutes and more (and stepdance!). A nice > description of their style from their website: > (http://www.slaintemhath.com) Slainte Mh

Re: [scots-l] Good fusions, bad fusions (was SHSA Comps)

2003-01-21 Thread Irena Aligizakis
Slainte Mhath (from Cape Breton) makes some really interesting and danceable music using pop/techno fusion. They play fiddle, bagpipes, bodhran, keyboards, flutes and more (and stepdance!). A nice description of their style from their website: (http://www.slaintemhath.com) "The Slainte Mhath (Gael

[scots-l] Oswald's English guittar (was Cumbernauld House)

2003-01-21 Thread Toby Rider
>>>Oswald himself specialised in guittar (English guittar) which has a >>> sound like a very quiet harp or lyre. It's also a very easy instrument >>> to write music with, as it transposes and the tuning forms two major >>> chords (CEGceg, GBDgbd or AC#Eac#e normally). Are there any pictures of

Re: [scots-l] Cumbernauld House

2003-01-21 Thread Jack Campin
> Barfly is so frustrating on my Mac! I can't use anything except > 'beep' and it plays in a way which bears no resemblance to your > demosntration - all the note lengths are wrong and the result > doesn't even sound like a tune. More like some very long horrible > ringtone. 1. Reinstall QuickTime

Re: [scots-l] Cumbernauld House

2003-01-21 Thread David Kilpatrick
Jack Campin wrote: Oswald himself specialised in guittar (English guittar) which has a sound like a very quiet harp or lyre. It's also a very easy instrument to write music with, as it transposes and the tuning forms two major chords (CEGceg, GBDgbd or AC#Eac#e normally). Here's the tune, i

Re: [scots-l] Cumbernauld House

2003-01-21 Thread Jack Campin
> Oswald himself specialised in guittar (English guittar) which has a > sound like a very quiet harp or lyre. It's also a very easy instrument > to write music with, as it transposes and the tuning forms two major > chords (CEGceg, GBDgbd or AC#Eac#e normally). Here's the tune, in the vocal ver