Actually most of the music on that CD _is_ dance music; the tune sets include reels, hornpipes, strathspeys, jigs & scotch measures. When I heard it I realized I was familiar with many of these tunes from my fiddling for Scottish country and step dancers, and it was a little demoralizing because Alasdair plays them so much better than I can ever hope to! What I really like about this CD is that most of the tunes are simple enough that Alasdair's, Natalie's and Muriel's musicality and interpretive powers really come through. -Steve
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> Well, I wouldn't exactly call it "instrumental versions of songs." Most >> of those tunes were around as fiddle music before Burns got to them and >> set songs to them! > > That's very true; when I spoke of "fiddle music" though, I was thinking > more of the reels, jigs, strathspeys and airs that dominate the modern > form, rather than the whole of everything that's ever been played on a > fiddle. > > The tunes on CD are mostly melodies that don't seem to follow the form of > dances or airs, which makes them sound different. I have only listened to > the CD a couple times, so I'm sure there's stuff I didn't notice yet. > > I haven't read through the liner notes on V2 yet either. It's a little > challenging because I got Alasdair and Natalie to autograph it and they > wrote on the notes... I'll do some comparitive listening now that I know > the fiddles are different. > > Bob > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To > subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: > http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > -- 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
