Re: [scots-l] Brechin Session

2004-06-03 Thread Manuel Waldesco
We'll see tomorrow! Nevertheless, I didn't know about this tune, Could you post the abc for it, please?   Manuel - Original Message - From: David Greenberg or Kate Dunlay To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 6:06 PM Subject: Re: [scots-l] Brechin

[scots-l] Brechin Session

2004-05-28 Thread Manuel Waldesco
HI,   For those of you nearby/interested there will be a session on Brechin at the Caledonian Hotel on the fourth of June (next Friday) at around 20.00. The place serves food, wine and real ales and, if you have a lot of the last two ones, they've got rooms too.   Cheers,   Manuel Waldesco

Re: [scots-l] ocarinas etc

2003-11-28 Thread Manuel Waldesco
ritten about both the dance and the tune, it is played in most of Spain, though nowadays is strongly associated with Aragon, and it is normally written (with exceptions) in 3/8 If somebody is interested on the topic I could have a look at a couple of books and develop a bit more. Salud, Manuel

[scots-l] Brechin Sessions

2003-09-09 Thread Manuel Waldesco
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Re: [scots-l] Kirriemuir Festival

2003-09-09 Thread Manuel Waldesco
formation I have found just talks very generally (concerts, > ceilidhs, sesions...) Does anybody know if there's any actual > programme or list of events? Thanks, Manuel Waldesco I posted a list before and I'm just back from it. I don't think you were there? you missed y

Re: [scots-l] Brechin Session

2003-09-03 Thread Manuel Waldesco
ereafter, there are two local pubs which could maybe host weekly sessions, if so, I will give notice for the session-minded. Whatever, following the Hairst sessions, tomorrow there's another one at the Northern Vaults, Montrose at 8.00pm leaded by Maureen Jelks, Barbara Dymock and Graham

[scots-l] Kirriemuir Festival

2003-08-29 Thread Manuel Waldesco
Hi,   I am trying to find out what's up at the festival at Kirriemuir, all the information I have found just talks very generally (concerts, ceilidhs, sesions...) Does anybody know if there's any actual programme or list of events?   Thanks,   Manuel Waldesco

[scots-l] Norwegain reels

2003-07-17 Thread Manuel Waldesco
I've been recently listening to an album by Norwegian fiddler, trump player and whistler Anon Egeland.   He plays traditional music from the Agder region in Southern Norway. Alongside the usual repertoire of Norwegian dance tunes (halling, hambo, polka...) there are two 'rilen'. This is the f

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

2003-07-17 Thread Manuel Waldesco
o be able to read music to play a tune, but I also agree with Matt in the idea of one thing complementing the other. I've played many years with almost no theory knowledge, and the fact of learning a little of practical theory maybe didn't make me a better musician, but it helped me to unders

[scots-l] Folk in Angus

2003-06-03 Thread Manuel Waldesco
cenery was gorgeous, but I don't know about music there, I haven't found much information; Kirriemuir, on the contrary, seems to have a buoyant trad music activity, well, I don't know, any enlightning thoughts out there?   Cheers,   Manuel Waldesco Burntisland, Fife 

Re: [scots-l] Ale Moller's cow horn

2003-02-17 Thread Manuel Waldesco
I have not seen him playing but I recall having seen cow and ram horns with holes (up to four?) in the context of Norwegian and Swedish music (old instruments, catalogues, albums...), in fact I think somebody sells them in the Internet. Cheers, Manuel Waldesco - Original Message - From

RE: [scots-l] Filska Tunes?

2002-08-01 Thread Manuel Waldesco
d3e f3e|d2fd eA (3AAA|dcde fafe|defd edBA|! > d3e f3e|d2fd eA (3AAA|dA (3AAA fAeA|defd e2|| > This one is in Carlos Nuñez´s "Brotherhood of Stars", played with the Chieftains. Apparently here it is an Irish tune called "The Flight of the Earls", but I think I´ve heard it al

[scots-l] Nordic Scotland

2002-07-27 Thread Manuel Waldesco
40 degrees Spanish summer, anyway!) Cheers, Manuel Waldesco Zaragoza, Aragon 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] Alan Lomax

2002-07-21 Thread Manuel Waldesco
From another list...     - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 2:28 AM Subject: Re: [folk] Ha muerto Alan Lomax In a message dated 07/19/2002 7:15:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:ALAN LOMAX 1915 - 2002

Re: [scots-l] Re: Scots Music Quiz

2002-05-10 Thread Manuel Waldesco
e still have to meet sometime, lastly I'm going to the Tass on the Thursdays, not bad, if you can cope with a dose of Irish music (let's join forces to fight it! ;-) Cheers, Manuel Waldesco Edinburgh Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html

Re: [scots-l] Re: Iomramh eadar Il'as Uist

2002-04-29 Thread Manuel Waldesco
, carnyx, Hardanger-driven Shetland fiddling, Hebridean psalm singing... errr... well I suppose that's enough for now! (Now I just need to know where to put my old whistle in between all that stuff!) Cheers, Manuel Waldesco Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture Li

Re: [scots-l] Few Notes

2002-04-15 Thread Manuel Waldesco
That's great! That tutorial is just fantastic, it helped me (and still does) a lot to understand many things around modes and scales in traditional music, congratulations for your work and I wait for the results of the new version! Manuel Waldesco Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music &

Re: [scots-l] Re: A Few Notes for Nigel

2002-04-15 Thread Manuel Waldesco
offer the following: > > X:364 > T:Nigel's Compliments Returned to Manuel > C:Nigel Gatherer > Z:Nigel Gatherer Lovely tune! Thank you very much Nigel, we have to make a set out of these and tour the world! :-) Manuel Waldesco PD: Tomorrow Tuesday I'll probably be at the Castle

Re: [scots-l] A Few Notes for Nigel

2002-04-14 Thread Manuel Waldesco
E2G|D2G BAG|A2B A3|D2G BAG|E2D E2G|BAG ABA|1 G3 GEG:|2 G3 BAG |:A2A EGE|A2A DEG|A2A BAG|A3 BAG|A2A EGE|A2A DEG|1 ABA GED|E3 BAG:|2 BAG ABA|G6| Manuel Waldesco, Edinburgh Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point yo

Re: [scots-l] Few Notes

2002-04-14 Thread Manuel Waldesco
you want tunes with just five notes in the same octave, well, I cannot think of any, sorry!(apart from the first part of the Blackberry Bush). If I find any, I'll let you know. Manuel Waldesco Edinburgh - Original Message - From: "Nigel Gatherer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [scots-l] Castle Arms sessions

2002-04-09 Thread Manuel Waldesco
the > > sessions, ,even now that the term is over. If that's the case, which > > date would it be? Tuesdays again? > > I know some folk are going tonight. > > Och! You're right, ,I was there tonight but with no instruments! I'll have to try another time,

[scots-l] Castle Arms sessions

2002-04-08 Thread Manuel Waldesco
ack again and blow a couple a tunes.   Cheers,   Manuel Waldesco, Edinburgh

[scots-l] Iomramh eadar Il'as Uist

2002-03-25 Thread Manuel Waldesco
ideas?   Cheers,   Manuel Waldesco Edinburgh

Re: [scots-l] Border Gaitherin - Coldstream 2002 - May 4-6th

2002-03-21 Thread Manuel Waldesco
both festivals: the couple Claire Mann and Lillies Kinsman Blake, and in the other hand, Annie grace who will be doing the thing in Ullapool. Another story, do you know if the Gaitherin can provide instruments for the classes? (I'm thinking of Clarsachs) Cheers, Manuel Waldesco Edinburgh

[scots-l] Celtic Connections workshops

2002-01-16 Thread Manuel Waldesco
Hi there,   Anyone has information about this year's workshops in Glasgow? I know it's during the festival weekends but I don't have the list of instruments, tutors, etc... so, if someone out there knows it, please, let me know it.   Thanks   Manuel Waldesco, Edinburgh.

Re: [scots-l] Celtic Connections workshops

2002-01-16 Thread Manuel Waldesco
nows it takes at > least a week to master any form of bagpipe. > Ha ha ha, in fact learning the pipes takes a lot of time, as they say in Aragon, a piper spends half of his life tuning his instrument, and the other half playing out of tune! > -- Manuel Waldesco, Edinburgh Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html

RE: [scots-l] Aragon tune

2002-01-07 Thread Manuel Waldesco
Manuel Waldesco - Original Message - From: John Erdman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 11:07 PM Subject: [scots-l] Aragon tune > Manuel - > Now that's a happy tune!. I knowing nothing of the Aragonese > traditions b

RE: [scots-l] The misleading tune

2002-01-06 Thread Manuel Waldesco
on L:1/8 M:6/8 K:Cmin g2f|:ede fef|gfg a2g|fef agf|1g2e g2f:|2e3g2f| |:ede fef|gfg a2g|fef agf|1g2e g2f:|2e3c2c| |:cBB BAA|A2G2 GG |AAA BBB|1d2c2cc:|2c3c2c |:cBB BAA|A2G2 GG|AAA BBB|1d2c2cc:|2c6 Manuel Waldesco Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscr

RE: [scots-l] The misleading tune

2002-01-05 Thread Manuel Waldesco
y, I don't know - but to partake of the tune sharing fenomenon with a totally different tune from another tradition (you know, just to give an exotic flavour! ;-) Cheers from the Ebro valley, Manuel Waldesco Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html

RE: [scots-l] Reel ID Please

2002-01-04 Thread Manuel Waldesco
al tradition, there you go an Aragonese tune! T: Tatero O: Aragon L:1/8 M:6/8 K:Cmin E2|A2 cB A2 ce|fefg a2 af|e2 c2 dcBA c2 B2 B2 cB| A2 cB A2 ce|fefg a2 af|eagf edcB|c2 A2 A2|| e2|a2 ed cB A2|dcde f3 e|a2 e2 efec|d2 B2 B3 e| a2 ed cB A2|dcde f3 d|eagf edcB|c2 A2 A2|] Manuel Waldesco Posted to Scots

RE: [scots-l] Stock and horn

2001-09-10 Thread Manuel Waldesco
ipes, with circular breathing. The "Turkish" sound it's caused by the kind of reed used, a single-reed. The stock-and-horn I guess would sound different, a bit louder having a double reed but not so much, having a cylindrical bore of relative lenght. Anyway, it would be inter

RE: [scots-l] Re: Session tunes

2001-09-08 Thread Manuel Waldesco
have done is to read it raw in html; I don't know why this happens, maybe it's the browser or something written in the html format, it would be useful to know if other people can read it normally. Anyway, having looked at the classes, maybe I will try with Munro's one, it also

RE: [scots-l] Re: Session tunes

2001-09-08 Thread Manuel Waldesco
d in January; my idea is to attend first term, I will come to Edinburgh the 22th of this month, so maybe I go directly into the class on tuesday! Manuel Waldesco Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html

RE: [scots-l] Session Tunes

2001-09-07 Thread Manuel Waldesco
nes and buliding up a repertoire. (...) Hi, Nigel, by the way, which are the mixed instrument classes this year? I've been looking to the web page but there wasn't any information. Is there any class relating to band arrangements or so? Thanks, Manuel Waldesco Posted to Scots-L - The Tradi

RE: [scots-l] Tin Whistle Bands

2001-06-25 Thread Manuel Waldesco
"medieval" pennywhistle found in excavations in North Berwick. It would be interesting to know more old whistle makers in Scotland and England apart from the well known Rober Clarke.   Anyway, many thanks for the information,   Manuel Waldesco

RE: [scots-l] Scarce o' tatties

2001-06-20 Thread Manuel Waldesco
No idea, but I guess you can always use it (play it) as long as you mention its author, Norman MacLean, though I don't really know all this legal stuff, anyway. Manuel Waldesco - Original Message - From: wayne&renee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: scot list <[EMAIL PROTECTED

[scots-l] Tin Whistle Bands

2001-06-20 Thread Manuel Waldesco
ovan during the boilermakers’ lock-out or strike in 1910.” (Voices from War, p. 40)   Does anyone knows any more about these bands, history, characteristics, etc?   Thanks in advance   Manuel Waldesco