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15/12/02 20:49:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (scots-l-digest) wrote: > >scots-l-digest Sunday, December 15 2002 Volume 01 : Number 442 > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:41:19 -0500 (EST) >From: "The Rev Dr Ian Adkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [scots-l] Re: scots-l-digest V1 #436 > >Haw you ya bam, d'ye no see th unsubscribe info UNNER ILKA POST? Ir ur ye >saft-heidit? :) > > > >> >> >> Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To >> subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: >> http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > > > >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 23:11:40 -0000 >From: James Devlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [scots-l] Re: scots-l-digest V1 #441 > >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 > >------------------------------ > >Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 19:21:42 -0400 (AST) >From: George Seto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [scots-l] Re: scots-l-digest V1 #441 > >On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, James Devlin wrote: > >> Again, >> please unsubscribe me from all these lists. > >To unsubscribe goto: > > http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > > >Same place as where one would subscribe. > >It's at the bottom of every message: > >> Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - >> To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: >> http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > > Bidh mi 'gad fhaicinn!!! > > IWK Children's Hospital Telethon - June 1st and 2nd, 2002 > $4.1 Million for 2002 - Thanks!!! > > <<<<< An ni\ a thig leis a' ghaoith, falbhaidh e leis an uisge. >>>>> > George / Seo\ras Seto > > e-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > e-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > GeoCities address [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > url: http://www.geocities.com/george_seto.geo | My stuff > url: http://www.corvuscorax.org:8080/~gseto/creighton | Helen Creighton > > >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 20:12:00 -0500 (EST) >From: "The Rev Dr Ian Adkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [scots-l] Re: scots-l-digest V1 #441 > >Haw ya bam, whit ur ye like! Jist cleek oan th blessit URL belaw an be >done wi it! D'ye want us tae haud yer haun atweel? It's no like it's naw >at th bottom o ilka ane o these posts! > >Cleek an get aff ya wallopir ye! > > >> 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 > > > >Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To >subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > >------------------------------ > >Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 12:33:10 -0800 (PST) >From: Clifford Abrams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [scots-l] Ballad question > >In many texts, spears or other weapons are often "shod with metal >'free'". Why "free". I understand (from the late Tony Cuffe) that a >"wee pen knife" was really very likely a "weapon knife"-- which >people were much more likely to carry around in earlier days. (As an >aside, many paintings by Brughel and Bosch feature men of all classes >carrying these kserviceablervicable-lookidaggers daggars. They seem >like long bayonettes mostly.) > >Is a similar transposition happening with the "free" thing? Thanks. > >Cliff Abrams > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. >http://mailplus.yahoo.com >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 #442 >***************************** > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
