>Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 16:20:04 EDT
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [scots-l] Scottish music & Harp competitions
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
><< Do you have to play the music in a
> Scottish manner? >>
>
>Absolutely. "Scottish Style" is one of the Evaluation Criteria. As Jo
>Morrison (Chair of the Competition Committee for the SHSA) wrote regarding a
>Master harper's qualifications in the most recent Kilt & Harp:
>
>"A strong feeling of a Scottish lilt of Scottish "accent" to the tune is
>needed. The arrangement of the tune must be Scottish in style."
What about Shetland tunes?
What's the definition of "Scottish in style?"
Maybe I just need to go back to my CDs and listen a while longer. I think
it's not so easy for many of us USians to recognize Scottish style. It's a
good bit harder for me to recognize the Scottish musical "accent" in music
than it is in language. So Allison Kinnard's comments as quoted by Rita
are not helpful to me,
Janice in Georgia
feeling a little argumentative this am
Nil significat
nisi oscillat.
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