Nigel wrote
Rebecca is a good example, but she's American and mainly plays Irish
music. Brendan Hyde - never heard of him.
Rebecca plays a fair bit of Scottish stuff now.
Brendan Hyde is from Edinburgh and might be still living here- not sure. Saw
him recently. He's a great flute and whistle
I asked on irtrad-l about what my notes said was Irish, and it turns
out to have originated (as far as anyone there knew) with Jimmy
Shand. So I thought I'd ask the experts over here ...
A friend asked me if I knew anything about the tune, and I didn't,
although I've played it for
Nigel wrote:
In honour
of one of his creations I composed the following waltz:
X:006
T:The Five Stringed Fiddle
C:Nigel Gatherer
N:In honour of Dick Rutter, violin
N:maker, Edinburgh
Nice one.
But... why didn't you write it to cover the range of a 5 string? :)
When are you going to
Somebody from Sprangeen (?)
Would be Anne Ward maybe, flute/concertina/cello/piano player.
Derek
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Originally we had a long discussion through RMMGA on the true history
of the guitar - basically trying to refute the assertion of classical
guitarists that gut/nylon strings are the only proper type of string,
all the way back through history, and that steel strings in general are
a
Looks like a great weekend. I'll certainly be heading
over. There are still a couple of spaces in the car
if anyone's interested. I'll be leaving Glasgow Friday pm,
returning Monday pm.
Regards,
Ted
OK, you've convinced me! I take it that the shaving part
isn't compulsory. Goood to see you
