> I am currently learning "Hector the Hero", by Scott Skinner. I am using > the version he published in "Harp and Claymore". They way it's written > isn't like the way I hear it. > > Is it supposed to be a slow strathspey? Most of the notes I hear played > "short" in the recordings I have are notated as normal 1/8 notes. It > sounds OK when played as written, but different.
Look at the words and sing it (minus the octave transposition bit). It was clearly written as a lament. I don't know of any recording of it as a song but it's the sort of thing you can imagine Anne Lorne Gillies trying. A 6/8 strathspey is a concept I have a hard time getting my head round. It is sometimes done as a waltz. I think there are plenty enough real waltzes around without pressing laments into service for that. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Campin * 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland tel 0131 660 4760 * fax 0870 055 4975 * http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ food intolerance data & recipes, freeware Mac logic fonts, and Scottish music Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
