Re: [scots-l] Tonic Sol-Fa

2002-04-15 Thread Irene Shelton
> 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

[scots-l] Re: Celtic Studies 310

2002-08-12 Thread Irene Shelton
>I will be teaching an online distance course for the University College of Cape Breton starting in the fall. It is a credit course which anyone can take. It is called Celtic Studies 310: Performance Analysis of Celtic Arts. ... > If anyone would like to see a course outline, I would be happy to

[scots-l] Oops !!!

2002-08-12 Thread Irene Shelton
Well - sorry about that, folks !! ... Obviously, I have just joined the ranks of those lucky and totally embarrassed folks who send personal messages out to the rest of the world by mistake Now that you all know how I've spent my summer vacation, I hope that the rest of you are doing well and

Re: [scots-l] re: A Fiddler's Book of Scottish Jigs

2003-01-14 Thread Irene Shelton
"Toby Rider" wrote: > I very much like the statement that John Chambers and others made about > this subject, you have to be sensitive to who, what and where you are > playing for. I'm glad that you said this - I've been meaning to respond to this thread ... As I have both played for and dance

Re: [scots-l] Music teachers (was: player pianos)

2003-02-05 Thread Irene Shelton
I have a teaching and repetoire-related question .. I teach both piano at all levels, and violin at the beginner level (Kate D, my all-time most favourite teacher- yes, you're allowed to laugh - and cringe - at the latter !! :-) ) The parents of one of my very young, very beginner fiddle students

Re: [scots-l] simple tunes for young fiddlers

2003-02-08 Thread Irene Shelton
Thanks so much to all of you that responded to my question - I have managed to find all but a few of the tunes suggested, and every one very much suits what I was looking for .. how lucky it is, to have such an experienced and helpful group to turn to for questions like this! Cheers, all Irene PS