Again, please unsubscribe me from all these lists. thank you James Devlin 14/12/02 17:03:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (scots-l-digest) wrote:
> >scots-l-digest Saturday, December 14 2002 Volume 01 : Number 441 > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:30:18 -0600 (CST) >From: "John P. McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [scots-l] traditional tune names? > >Dave, > >Have you tried asking the local teacher for some suggestions - dances that >they do, and the tunes named for them? That might give you a list to take >to your abc etc. libraries. Also consult the teacher about phrasing; >e.g., Mairi's Wedding (the dance) requires 40 bar phrasing. > >Two or three fairly easy tunes: White Cockade, Highland Laddie, Duncan >Gray, My Love She's But a Lassie Yet, Corn Rigs; Also, many of the jigs >played in Scottish dance sets are (more or less) common to both Scottish >and Irish repertoire; e.g., Smash the Windows, Haste to the Wedding; and >there are tunes which I never know whether they are jigs or marches, >Bonnie Dundee, Atholl Highlanders, and on and on. > >Have a great time, and best wishes to your local dancers, > >Peter McClure >Winnipeg, MB > >Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To >subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > >------------------------------ > >Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 16:57:48 -0800 >From: Steve Wyrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [scots-l] Re: Thanks. Summary follows > >Dave B wrote: > >>> These are from the Scottish Ceilidh Collection for Fiddlers -Jan >> >> Yes, I'll look for this. It could be just what I need. Danceable >> tunes for new musicians. Excellent. > >Another one I'd recommend is Susie Petrov's "Susie Petrov, Her Book of >Musick." It has some great medleys of tunes arranged specifically for SCD >and a section containing tips on how to play for SCD. Some of the tunes are >fairly challenging but all in all it's an excellent book. It should be >available through the RSCDS's TAC bookstore or directly from Susie (I can >give you her e-mail address if you want it) for around $20. Good luck >tomorrow night; again please let us know how it goes. -Steve >- -- >Steve Wyrick -- Concord, California > >Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To >subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > >------------------------------ > >Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 16:48:31 -0000 >From: James Devlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [scots-l] Re: scots-l-digest V1 #436 > >Please unsubscribe me from all these lists. >thank you >James Devlin > >30/11/02 12:21:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (scots-l-digest) wrote: > >> >>scots-l-digest Saturday, November 30 2002 Volume 01 : Number 436 >> >> >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:19:03 -0000 >>From: "David Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: [scots-l] Re: Maids of Arrochar >> >>Thanks for the information, especially the attribution to John MacDonald of >>Dundee. Interesting that before making the enquiry we were messing around >>with an arrangement that wove the tune around Scotland's alternative >>national anthem, 'Hermless' by Michael Marra - of Dundee. >> >>Yours from the Twilight Zone, >>David Francis >> >>t/f (44) (0)131 557 1050 (o); (44) (0)131 669 8824 (h) >> >>Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To >subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 09:51:49 +0000 (GMT) >>From: Nigel Gatherer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: [scots-l] St Andrew's Day >> >>The annual St Andrew's Day parade took place in Crieff today. Nine pipe >>bands led the procession, while the Muthill Clarsach Ensemble tagged >>along for the first time. I'll admit they looked a bit funny wheeling >>their harps on custom-made trolleys before them, but man, there's >>nothing like the sound of thirty clarsachs playing "If Ye're Scottish, >>Come Oot That Press." >> >>The pubs and hotels do their bit, selling glasses of woad beer - it's a >>fine tipple, but it's a little disconcerting to see all those blue lips >>for weeks afterwards. After a couple pints everyone starts kissing each >>other, although the thistle buttonholes that most people insist on >>wearing kept the local health centre busy. >> >>The council were hoping Jock Tamson's Bairns would come up and help >>with the Blessing of the Tartan, but all we could afford was Geoff >>Bartleby's Toddlers, whose twin washboard players really made the >>rhythm rattle along. Dance? Dod, we danced, hoochin', wheechin' and >>pechin' all afternoon in the square. When Bella McNab joined in wearing >>only a saltire (why do they make these flags so small?) and her >>trademark corset, the pavements bounced. Why she left the band she >>formed (was it in the 1940s Dave?) I'll never know; nobody can inspire >>people to go off and lead better lives than Bella. As we say in these >>parts, "Bella, Bella!" >> >>A local St Andrew's Day custom is toasting the lion and unicorn, two >>stone carvings on top of pillars in the square. Seems a few years ago >>the Conservative Club complained about the size of their respective >>genitalia, saying that it was alright for that sort of thing in "the >>old days" but that Crieff is a "better place" now, and perhaps for the >>sake of modesty the offending parts should be shortened. A public >>battle of words and wits ensued, but it was a journalist for the Crieff >>Clarion, whose "Lion Too Rampant; Unicorn Too Horny?" banner headline >>stopped the pro-dockers' campaign in its tracks. A re-enactment with >>cardboard scissors seems to be popular with Crieff women. >> >>So how did YOUR town celebrate St Andrew's Day? >> >>- -- >>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 >> >>------------------------------ >> >>End of scots-l-digest V1 #436 >>***************************** >> >> > > > > >Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To >subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > >------------------------------ > >End of scots-l-digest V1 #441 >***************************** > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
