Hello, Am 13.06.2011 um 19:28 schrieb Robert Caldwell: > Depends on where you decide the tonic is - you and I start on G - he started > on D .. > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:18 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> .. >> meanwhile my son the music student came home from university yesterday, >> had a go on the new instrument, and commented 'mmm. ..D mixolydian (with >> flattened seventh)...interesting tuning'. ...
this major vs mixolydian thing sometimes leads to serious missunderstandings by musicologists: when examinating a historic gurdie without knowing that it might be intended to be played with a drone matching the third key, a musicologist might missinterpret what he sees as an evidence for the use of a mixolydian scale. A good example for this missinterpretation is the mentioning of the mixolydian skale as primary scale for traditional hurdy-gurdies from Austria by Karl Magnus Klier in his book "Volkstümliche Musikinstrumente in den Alpen". Yes, one could play mixolydian, aeolian, dorian or else on that instrument, but that is no evidence that it was done. Kind regards, Simon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
