On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 6:21 PM, John Dally <[1][email protected]>
wrote:
Of course, you could play Dixon's tunes
in Ionian (major scale), playing F# instead of an Fnat in the key of
G, but the purest might consider that a cop-out if not down right
wrong.
The purest of the pure?
It's played in G major (with F#) on NSP, and arguably Dixon would have
played it in the same mode, whatever his instrument and its actual or
nominal pitch. This corresponds to Dick Hensold's view and I agree with
him about many of the tunes which he has suggested are (Northumbrian)
smallpipe tunes. I did not feel comfortable in changing Mr Dixon's
notation but I did signal this ambiguity.
On 2/29/12, Matt Seattle <[2][email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Dave S <[1][3][email protected]>
wrote:
>
> Reading in F and playing in G is also very worthwhile -- all
the
> renaissance and boaroque dance music ---
>
> In my not necessarily humble opinion, transposing at sight is a
useful
> skill for any piper curious to look beyond the confines of a
single
> tradition, given that the nominal pitch of the 6-finger note is
a
> movable feast. As with any other skill, you get better the more
you do
> it.
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