Jeri Corlew wrote: > ...I'm getting to the stage where a tune in a minor key doesn't sound > original simply because someone has used those notes and harmonies > before...
I think composing tunes in a minor key is a double-edged sword: on the one hand it's relatively easy to write something which sounds good, but on the other, it's difficult to come up with something that doesn't have elements of lots of other minor tunes. Once I wrote a B minor jig which I was proud of, only to find much later that it was extremely similar to a Strathspey in Kerr's! I'm fairly pleased with the following, although if anyone comes out and says "Oh yes, that's so like 'Lady Boyes of Bangcock' by Dave Francis!" I'll go in the huff. X:303 T:Auchindrain C:Nigel Gatherer Z:Nigel Gatherer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Dm A2|D2 FD ADFd|cgec fedf|eA (3AAA BAGE|FAGE FDE^C| D2 FD ADFd|cgec fedf|eA (3AAA BAGE|F2 D2 D2:| A2|dA (3AAA fde^c|dABG AFGE|FD (3DDD BAGA|EGcA fed^c| dA (3AAA fde^c|dABG AFGE|FD (3DDD ^CEAG|F2 D2 D2:| -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
