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> > scots-l-digest Sunday, November 24 2002 Volume 01 : Number 433 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 10:12:25 -0800 (PST) > From: "Toby Rider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [scots-l] Re: J. Scott Skinners new CD > > > David learned a lot of Mary > > MacDonald tunes from old tapes, some of which were too slow. Doug > > MacPhee has often had to remind him to speed up a bit because she > > didn't play things that slow. But it's hard to change your > > ingrained impression when you've listened to something over and over. > > There is something special about Mary beag's playing in that way. I've > listened to her old recordings quite a bit and I am always amazed at how > rich her playing is, even though she's really not playing that fast at > all, esp. compared to some of the really frenetic players around today > like Ashley MacIssac and Cameron Chisholm. > The qualities in her playing really stand out on some of the slower pipe > tunes. After hearing a recording of Mary beag playing "Donald MacLean's > Farewell to Oban", I was so moved by it that I asked the piper to play > that tune as we walked down the aisle to leave the church at our > wedding. > It's much easier to play too fast on the fiddle, then too slow. > > > > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 11:55:21 -0400 > From: SUZANNE MACDONALD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [scots-l] Re: J. Scott Skinners new CD > > Re Nigel Gatherer's comments on Skinner's new CD > > I share your opinions completely on Skinner as a composer, " a huge > admirer" and on his playing, " not the biggest fan of his playing" and > that it "seems exaggerated, showy". I have a copy of a Skinner [Topic] > LP issued in 1975 called "Classics of Scottish Fiddling". I don't know > if this is the one which has been redone as a CD or not. The jacket > notes say the original recording was made in 1910 for Columbia. With > regard to his playing, I get the feeling that he is more interested in > demonstrating his virtuosity than in his musicality. > > The subject of tempo is always an interesting one. In "The Scottish > Violinist" Skinner lists the tempo for at least three different reels as > 136. Compared with every other reference I have found, that is > break-neck speed. I have seen reference to 126 in some old book or books > [ Lowe's or Glen's perhaps] but can't find the source now. K.N. Mac > Donald in the preface to "The Skye Collection" [1887] writes > ........."the tendency that exists at the present day to play this class > of music a great deal too fast". J. Murdoch Henderson in "Flowers of > Scottish Melody" suggests 120 to 126. Alastair Hardie in "The Caledonia > Companion" in referring to Skinner's 136 tempo and that of other > contemporary players says; .......... "Most reels, however, will > benefit from the less breathless tempo of 108 to 116". That precisely > defines reel tempo for the music with which I am familiar; Cape Breton > Fiddling. > > Alexander Mac Donald. > > PS I am a hobbyist fiddler not a professional. > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 20:22:38 +0000 > From: Jack Campin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [scots-l] Tony McManus > > I ws in Sandy Bell's this evening and saw a notice for a memorial > concert held yesterday for Tony McManus, 1953-2002. > > What happened? > > =================== <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> =================== > > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > > ------------------------------ > > End of scots-l-digest V1 #433 > ***************************** > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
