Re: [scots-l] Re: ABCs

2004-12-01 Thread Jack Campin
T:Fluffy Thing C:Jack Campin http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ 2004 M:6/8 L:1/8 K:A Lydian A2e e3|d2A e3 |A2 e e3 |=g2^g a3 | A2e e3|d2A e3 |ag=g e2d| ed`e a3:| f2d e3|aga f2d|f2 d e3 | ag`a b3 | b2d e3|agf f2e|ag=g e2d| ed`e a3:| Good one - about a cat by any chance? Nope. One other

[scots-l] Re: ABCs

2004-11-27 Thread Nigel Gatherer
Jack Campin wrote: Still a bit slow here?... Yup. What we need is a nice controversy. Here's another tune in the same vague category as Nigel's. I wrote it a few months ago. X:1 T:Fluffy Thing C:Jack Campin http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ 2004 M:6/8 L:1/8 K:A Lydian A2e e3|d2A e3

Re: [scots-l] Re: ABCs

2004-11-26 Thread Jack Campin
Still a bit slow here?... Here's another tune in the same vague category as Nigel's. I wrote it a few months ago. X:1 T:Fluffy Thing C:Jack Campin http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ 2004 M:6/8 L:1/8 K:A Lydian A2e e3|d2A e3 |A2 e e3 |=g2^g a3 | A2e e3|d2A e3 |ag=g e2d| ed`e a3:| f2d e3|aga f2d|f2

[scots-l] Re: ABCs

2004-11-23 Thread Nigel Gatherer
Jack Campin wrote: I'd prefer a bit more chromatic weirdness in bars 3 and 7, though: X:735 T:Untitled C:Nigel Gatherer Jack the Lad Z:Nigel Gatherer L:1/8 M:6/8 K:Am EAB cBA|FAB cBA|^FAB =F^FA|^GAB GAB | EAB cBA|FAB cBA|^FAB =F^FA|^GAB cde|| fdB Bcd|ecA ABc| B^GE EGB | AcA ^cde |

Re: [scots-l] Re: ABCs

2004-11-22 Thread Jack Campin
Now, guys, see if you can pick this one apart. It started as a fingering exercise and very quickly became a tune. X:735 T:Untitled C:Nigel Gatherer Nov 2004 Z:Nigel Gatherer L:1/8 M:6/8 K:Am EAB cBA | FAB cBA | ^FAB cBA | ^GAB GAB | EAB cBA | FAB cBA | ^FAB cBA | ^GAB cde || fdB

[scots-l] Re: ABCs

2004-11-13 Thread Nigel Gatherer
Matt Seattle wrote: Matt spots the deliberate mistake this week - glad you're awake, Matt! Yes Nigel, but I was really wondering whether it should be mixolydian rather than dorian - ? Aha - yes, Matt wins again for spotting the second, third, fourth, and fifth deliberate mistakes. /Very/

[scots-l] Re: ABCs

2004-11-12 Thread Nigel Gatherer
Matt Seattle wrote: Nigel, are you sure you got the mode right for Cassino? Sounds decidedly odd IMHO! Matt spots the deliberate mistake this week - glad you're awake, Matt! Yes, of course you're right. The key it's normally in is A dorian - I think - but on the record I took it from it was

Re: [scots-l] Re: ABCs

2004-11-12 Thread Cliff Abrams
The Heights of Cassino seems to be consistently in Dmaj. See The Session.org for abc, sheetmusic and a fascinating discussion of the WWII battle. The postings, rather new, may have come out of this discussion. Except for a note or two, the Session version is, for example, identical to the setting

Re: [scots-l] Re: ABCs

2004-11-12 Thread Matt Seattle
Matt spots the deliberate mistake this week - glad you're awake, Matt! Yes Nigel, but I was really wondering whether it should be mixolydian rather than dorian - ? Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to:

[scots-l] Re: ABCs

2004-11-12 Thread Nigel Gatherer
John Chambers wrote: ...It sounds better to me if I play it as Amix. This is the same key sig as Edorian, of course, but the tonic is clearly A. So should the c's be sharp or natural? Sharp all the way. Of course you're right, John - Amix. My infamous fumbling when it comes to talking

Re: [scots-l] Re: ABCs

2004-11-09 Thread BEVLAWTON
In a message dated 07/11/04 20:51:44 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oops. Private email sent to list (hi Derek). It is a sad reflection of the state of the list that nobody has metaphorically flayed me for this digression. Not even a flyting from Rev Adkins. Och. Crivvens.

Re: [scots-l] Re: ABCs

2004-11-09 Thread Eva Aralikatti
Oh, that´s why! I already thew it away, because I had it played by a program which can play abcs and I thought it sounds so weird, I do not even want to bother try playing it ;-) Eva At 12:01 09.11.2004, you wrote: Nigel, are you sure you got the mode right for Cassino? Sounds decidedly odd

Re: [scots-l] Re: ABCs

2004-11-09 Thread Steve Wyrick
I suspect it should be E dorian? -Steve Matt Seattle wrote: Nigel, are you sure you got the mode right for Cassino? Sounds decidedly odd IMHO! Best Matt Nigel Gatherer wrote: X:720 T:Heights of Cassino, The S:As played by Iain MacInnes (Smalltalk) Z:Nigel Gatherer M:6/8 L:1/8

[scots-l] Re: ABCs

2004-11-06 Thread Nigel Gatherer
Nigel Gatherer wrote: Always something there to remind me... If you have a moment, I'd love to see your ABCs for the term. Oops. Private email sent to list (hi Derek). It is a sad reflection of the state of the list that nobody has metaphorically flayed me for this digression. Not even a