John Chambers wrote:
For that matter, a tune that goes over quite well in waltz
tempo is Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of His Second
Wife. Now, this is obviously a bit of sacrilege, dancing on
her grave as it were. But it's a very effective waltz.
There was a film released five or
Their
influence permeated the whole musical culture of Scotland as far as the
most remote parts of the Highlands; there's no sharp line between art-
music players and traditional fiddlers. Classically-trained players
like Catriona Macdonald and Alasdair Fraser are not a 20th century
There was a film released five or six years ago, 'Margaret's Museum',
set around Sydney, Cape Breton in the '20s, which featured a scene at a
dance in the town.
That was a bizarre, depressing little film, but a good one. Especially
the ending!
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Toby Rider ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
He
I don't know about this Sue. I have to say that I disagree with the
people who are into these contests. Especially the ones who use
competitions as a balm to their egos.. IMHO, there's something wrong with
that. In Ireland they have trad. music competitions as well and I think
those are not good
Toby,
I find there are always extremist in any worthwhile endeavor. The end
result of any competition is comparable to what you take in as you go.
Those that 'must win' and 'be best' have their reward - or frustration-
whichever.
I do not know very much about Scottish competitions, however,
NOW- the thrust of this is : If I did not enter these competitions
I
would not put forth the effort to learn, understand, express and
perfect. I would only learn and play - and it would be acceptable for
my audiences. I love performing more than I do competing, but the
competing , I
Toby!!
I can't believe you know where I live!! It, indeed, is a small world. I
can understand why competitions are injurious to you health. And I do agree
that nothing should come between ones realy love and enjoyment of music. It
is a wise man that knows when to hold them and when to fold
Thanks for the tunes--which worked in the
Convert-a-Matic, BTW.
CliffA
Anyway, this was the most-remarked-on medley
of the
evening.
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The whole idea of written rules for tune tempo is totally
frightening.. What next? Are they going to have rules for ornamentation
as well? That's some serious rubbish. Almost falls down to the level of
Scottish fiddling contests, or Highland piping contests.
Since
The whole musical competition atmosphere creates a bunch of players who
sound like robots. I can't stand listening to those GHP competition
recordings, they're dull as cold oatmeal, because they all sound the
same.
The Lowland and Border Pipers Society have an interesting method of
judging
mary umbarger wrote:
Toby!!
I can't believe you know where I live!! It, indeed, is a small world. I
Mary Umbarger
Harmony, NC
One of the few towns in North Carolina I *haven't* worked in...
Bob Rogers
David Francis wrote:
This information doesn't negate Jack's basic point though - Scottish
fiddlers like Mairi Campbell, Chris Stout and Anna Wendy Stevenson were
'classically trained' to a high level at music college, although I would say
that the influence of that training shows itself more in
mary umbarger wrote:
Toby!!
I can't believe you know where I live!! It, indeed, is a small
world. I
Mary Umbarger
Harmony, NC
One of the few towns in North Carolina I *haven't* worked in...
Well Harmony is
mary umbarger wrote:
I AM familiar in traditional Old Time competitions. You are absolutely
correct when you speak of egos and grandstanding, but I must admit that most
of these folk are really good musicians and much can be learned from them.
Here again, I enter for the love of the music,
At 10:00 PM 1/15/03 -0800, Steve wrote:
In the San Francisco branch of the
RSCDS, every year at the Pleasanton games
we have an adjudicated dance exhibition. What that means is that
each
participating group gets up on a stage and does a 3-dance medley in front
of
2 adjudicators (who are
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