[scots-l] Thanks, Nigel...

2003-07-14 Thread Cliff Abrams
for the recent set of tunes. The abc transcription "translated" perfectly into leadsheet format. Nice work. CA __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To

Re: [scots-l] Arrochar

2003-07-14 Thread Bob and Jay Hartman-Berrier
Where is this tune written down Kate? Oh, it's actually already in the DunGreen Collection, but I'm revising. I never actually had that particular Five MacDonald's LP in my hands before yesterday, so I hadn't realized the tune was on any recording by that name. I had thought maybe it was a ma

Re: [scots-l] Arrochar

2003-07-14 Thread Toby Rider
George Seto wrote: still could be a made up name. Or maybe Dan R. MacDonald made the tune and nobody knows it; he was in Scotland so he did use some Scottish place names in tune titles. I don't know of an Arrochar in Nova Scotia. Some names aren't on the maps anymore though. And some names

Re: [scots-l] Arrochar

2003-07-14 Thread Don Whitener
At 11:45 AM 7/14/2003, it was written: That type of thing happens in remote parts of North Carolina all the time.. A certain locality has a name, but no one knows why it's called that, except for the very oldest of the old timers.. Indeed. I come from such an area in NC... Transylvania County.

Re: [scots-l] Modal Tunes (but seriuosly)

2003-07-14 Thread Toby Rider
SUZANNE MACDONALD wrote: Understanding the "modes" is as fundamental as understanding the difference between the major and minor scales; the latter being two of the seven "ecclesiastical" modes by another name, Ionian and Aeolian. Adding to the this is that in the music we're discussing there are

[scots-l] [Fwd: Storytelling Festival]

2003-07-14 Thread David Kilpatrick
Received from John Hamilton - this is a good event and NOT midge country! Borders Guid Crack Festival WOOPLAW WOODS Near Galashiels 8, 9, 10 August WET WEATHER COVER IN CABIN, DOME AND TIPI Friday 8.00pm - Ceilidh  stories and songs in the cabin Saturday 12  5pm - Full Family Programme  s

Re: [scots-l] Modal Tunes (but seriuosly)

2003-07-14 Thread Emma
I used to think that modal composition was primarily found in "celtic" music. However since I started exploring other traditional genres of music, I'm finding modes to be very common in everything except Western European Art music.. American country music spends alot of time in the "Major" pe

Re: [scots-l] Modal Tunes (but seriuosly)

2003-07-14 Thread Toby Rider
Emma wrote: I used to think that modal composition was primarily found in "celtic" music. However since I started exploring other traditional genres of music, I'm finding modes to be very common in everything except Western European Art music.. American country music spends alot of time in th

Re: [scots-l] Modal Tunes (but seriuosly)

2003-07-14 Thread Jack Campin
> I used to think that modal composition was primarily found in "celtic" > music. However since I started exploring other traditional genres of > music, I'm finding modes to be very common in everything except Western > European Art music. Art music always used modal systems until about 1600; t

[scots-l] Even Gaelic isn't safe!

2003-07-14 Thread Toby Rider
Can you believe it? http://www.tonguetied.us/archives/000643.php Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html

[scots-l] James OSwald and Crail,

2003-07-14 Thread Philip Whittaker
Hi folks, I know that simeone on thw list has already mentioned this! I am one of the folk on the list who reckon that James Oswald is one of the great unknown Scots. As has already been mentioned on the list he was born in Crail in the East Neuk of Fife ( Good name for a tune. In fact it is attr

Re: [scots-l] Modal Tunes (but seriuosly)

2003-07-14 Thread Matt Seattle
Toby Rider wrote: > That stuff is rubbish, > just like top 40 music of every other genre nowadays.. Sad.. Craig David's pretty good, no? Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html