I do very much agree with what John Gibbons said a few days ago: > If the NPS offered a trophy of a silver cup full of beer for anyone playing W > on the W verbatim from memory, > nobody would ever want to win it. It doesn't work, whether in classical, > modern or traditional terms.
Is it really possible that Mr. Dunk is being misjudged? I have two thoughts on this: - Should there be a 'Dunk Cup’, to be awarded for future attempts at what Gilbert Askew described as “successful essays in what may be termed the Northumbrian mode"? - If 'Whin Shields on the Wall' is regarded as a 'successful essay', what on earth would an unsuccessful essay be like? I look forward to hearing Dave Shaw's recomposition of the piece. We can then compare it with Askew's own. Francis On 17 Jul 2011, at 13:47, Dave Shaw wrote: > Francis Wood said; >> I must say, I greatly prefer Gilbert Askew's re-working of this tune to the >> reworking of the abc below! > > Well you would, it has the familiarity of long association. > >> What Dunk submitted in manuscript to the NPS was no scribble. Its appearance >> looks plausible and musically literate and >there's no doubt at all as to >> the intentions of its content. >> The problem is that it remains musical nonsense. > > I haven't seen the original ms, but in the abc of it the "traditional" tune > form is immediately obvious. > As I said , all that is missing is the punctuation. > The question must therefore be why did Askew choose to re-write the tune or > could he not see what should have been staring him in the face either. > > And Barry; >> I would like to hear an audio clip of your version. I for one do not >> read well enough to appraise your ABC > > I'll give it a run through on the pipes in the next day or two and try to > record it. > So far I've only played it from the abc file on the computer (melody > assistant) as > Rapper dancing at a very wet Rothbury festival has left little time available > this weekend. > I did run into Hamish Moore though who was playing bodhran with the Irish > dancers band. > Pipe makers on their days off eh? > > If I get it done I'll stick it on some web space and let you know. I'm not > going down the utube route. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > Dave Shaw, Northumbrian and Scottish Smallpipes, Irish Pipes and SHAW Whistles > www.daveshaw.co.uk > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
