> Rob, the offer remains open! The big moosic room, VS-880, two decent AKG
> condensor mikes and a seat - just come here, sit down, and we can produce
> every bit as accurate a sound as you'll get from the best studio
> (seriously). Pity it's a lang lang way from the Tay.
Sometime. A new CD is taking shape at the back of my mind. The problem is
that if I record Auld Lang Syne with you and put it on my website, no record
company would be interested in recording it. But this opens up the debate
about CDs or MP3 files for download - a bit off topic for this list. Making
a CD is fairly easy. Distributing it is much harder. Yes, this is definitely
off topic. Maybe we should discuss it privately, David?
I transcribed 'Old Long Syne, by Mr Beck' from the lute tablature - for
those new to this, lute notation is different from standard musical
notatation, and different again from guitar tab. The piece is in F major,
but starts off in the relative minor, Dm, which gives it the reflective
quality I mentioned on an earlier posting. This brings to mind the
observation that there are very few Scottish tunes in true minor keys,
despite the generally received wisdom that the sad Scottish lament is a
minor affair. I remeber at school, the music teacher playing a major
interval on the piano and saying 'this is a happy sound!', then playing a
minor third, and saying 'this is a SAD sound!'. Well we Scots, more than any
other nation I know, have the ability to make a major interval sound sadder
than a minor one. Something must have happened in our history to make us a
sad bunch. I wonder what it was?! Now there's a new thread...better not
start...
Rob
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