[scots-l] Skinner's Colours

2003-10-05 Thread Nigel Gatherer
Somewhere I saved James Scott Skinner's list of colours which he assigned the various keys on the fiddle. Where did I put it? Heaven knows, but I'm sure I put it somewhere absolutely logical and I'll probably find it one day when I'm not looking. In the meantime, does anyone else have that list

Re: [scots-l] Skinner's Colours

2003-10-05 Thread David Greenberg or Kate Dunlay
On Sunday, October 5, 2003, at 04:51 PM, Nigel Gatherer wrote: Somewhere I saved James Scott Skinner's list of colours which he assigned the various keys on the fiddle. Where did I put it? I don't know about colours, but here's how he characterized the keys in A Guide to Bowing: C major Bold,

Re: [scots-l] Skinner's Colours

2003-10-05 Thread Toby Rider
David Greenberg or Kate Dunlay wrote: I don't know about colours, but here's how he characterized the keys in A Guide to Bowing: It's interesting how keys have totally different tonal characteristics on different instruments.. Example, the key of E has very different tonal qualities on the