Tappan wrote: [Carla and Bob Rogers wrote]: >> For the fiddlers: The C part starts out: |:G2g gfg|agf gdB| How do >> you bow that? Using alternating bows puts the bow going in the wrong >> direction for the next G. I tried slurring the gdB, which plays >> well, but doesn't sound right. > > I bow it: down, down, up-down-up, down-up-down, up-down-up, with the > first down being short and sort of staccato - I'm not sure I'm using > the right terms. I use the same bowing for the rest of the phrases > that are similar in that section.
The version I use, from the SF Fiddle Club tune archive, is written as |:G3/2g/g gfg... with similar meter for the rest of the section (i.e., the first 3 notes in each measure is lilted and the 2nd are "straight), except for the last 2 measures which are all lilted. The bowing they use throughout the section is down up down up-up-up, with a single bow on each note of the last 2 measures. This seems to work fine although I'll admit I haven't worked much on this tune and might want to change the bowings if I start adding ornaments. -- Steve Wyrick -- Concord, California Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
