The local fiddle club had their Burns Night celebration on Sunday but as I
had other commitments I missed it; I understand it was a great time. My
dance group performed a show for a local community group who had a vague
awareness of Robert Burns and thought it would be a nice idea to have some
Sco
Derek Hoy wrote:
> As a paid-up member of the Anti-Variation Front, I couldn't disagree more.
> Your Variationalism would have exactly the opposite effect- exhausting our
> tune stock by grinding each melody into the ground and bringing the
> Traditional Music Industry to its knees.
Lovely post,
Matt opined:
> To me the art of variations stands in great contrast to the omnipresent
> medley approach. It is more ecologically sound - recycling and enriching
> the tune rather than disposing of it after one or two plays and on to
> the next - but then I'm old-fashioned that way.
As a paid-up m
Jack Campin wrote:
> I'd suggest something entirely different: piano music. A mandolin
> can do chords, and there were a good many variation sets from the
> late 18th and early 19th centuries that exploited both hands of the
> keyboard (or did equivalent things with the harp).
Good idea - I'll s
Matt Seattle wrote:
> You've probably got all the relevant currently available Scottish
> stuff, but maybe have a look at the related Northumbrian piping
> tradition, which stll keeps the variation flame burning, as does the
> Border piping tradition, but with even fewer exponents.
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