There is a sociologically-oriented book by an English writer on the
contemporary British session scene where he defines a folk session
as a regular meeting of mostly amateur musicians who get together
to play tunes with 8-bar structures. I thought, youch, that last
bit sure hit the spot.
What
From: Nigel Gatherer
JH ...Whinham's Reel -- anybody got the ABCs for that?
NGDo you know any more about it, Janice? Is it Northumbrian?
Nope, the name's all I know about it. It was paired with (I think) Miss Thompson's
Hornpipe[1], which I think is Northumbrian.
[1] Caveat: My mp3 file
Jack Campin wrote:
I thought, youch, that last
bit sure hit the spot.
[...]
- a few rather obscure songs like Fee him, father, fee him.
There's The Wee Cooper of Fife, which I wouldn't exactly call obscure
-- it is to be found in many readily available books of Scottish folk
songs. It's
Janice Hopper wrote:
...Whinham's Reel -- anybody got the ABCs for that?
Do you know any more about it, Janice? Is it Northumbrian?
Great tune! It is Northumbrian, and composed by a fiddler called Whinham.
Piper Graham Dixon unearthed and published a whole collection of his
material about
A song and it's tune. Not much of a drinking song, or any other
kind of song for that matter.
Our Girls, like our Geese, shou'd be watch'd from the Vermin;
That Geese are like Girls then, with Ease we determine;
Geese will gaggle, and wander astray on the Common;
And gaggle will wander astray
Anselm Lingnau wrote:
There are two fairly well-known (recent) Scottish country dances by Hugh
Foss which use non-8-bar phrases. One is The Wee Cooper of Fife, written
in 10-bar phrases to the song of the same name...
This dance is especially entertaining when the musicians don't have the
Jack Campin wrote:
There is a sociologically-oriented book by an English writer on the
contemporary British session scene where he defines a folk session
as a regular meeting of mostly amateur musicians who get together
to play tunes with 8-bar structures. I thought, youch, that last
bit
http://www.sysadminday.com/
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