On 15 Aug 2012, Matt Seattle wrote: > And neither does playing Cuckold or Peacock on NSP against A drones > sound nasty, but it does miss a lot of the musical effect of these > tunes, the contrasting minor/major strains
Coincidentally (yes, really) I spent part of this afternoon playing Peacock followed the Hen with Colin R. We tried both G and A drones, both with and without the dominant d or e harmony running. We also tried playing the only f# (in the B part) as a natural, to test if it was (to our ears) an A minor tune or an A Dorian. The conclusion we came to was that the drones work in either setting, though neither of us cared for the f natural version, and that the use of the dominant in the drone harmony was also optional. If I was performing either on my own I would use G drones (only) to mirror the usage on BP described by John G. Yes, Derek, both are played, though I can recall a request by someone ( not me or any of this list's contributors) for Small Coals causing consternation amongst the regulars "because it was in A" at an APS meeting in the early 90s. Julia To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
