Re: [scots-l] Maggie Brown's Favourite
John Chambers wrote: ...New England contra-dance musicians (who consider it Irish)... So, for that matter, do Irish musicians. Even if it were Nathaniel Gow's composition it, along with hundreds of Scots-origin tunes, can be regarded as Irish because it has been absorbed into that tradition. It doesn't exactly work the other way around. Take a tune like The Rakes of Mallow which is obviously an Irish tune in origin (Mallow is a town in County Cork): it has been played for centuries in Scotland and is part of our traditional repertoire, but would we call it a Scottish tune? Consider this can of worms opened (are you ready, Ted?). -- 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
[scots-l] Peter Milne
It's Peter Milne's 177th birthday! X:302 T:Marchioness of Huntly, The T:Aboyne Castle C:Peter Milne B:Fiddle Music of Scotland, Jas Hunter Z:Nigel Gatherer [EMAIL PROTECTED] M:4/4 L:1/8 K:A C|A,B,CF ECA,c|dB d/c/B/A/ BGEC|A,B,CF ECA,d| (3cde (3dcB cAAC|A,B,CF ECA,c|dB d/c/B/A/ BEGB|AEFA ECDd| (3cde (3dcB cAAe|ae d/c/B/A/ eAcA|de d/c/B/A/ BEGB| ae d/c/B/A/ eAcA|Bb e/d/c/B/ cAAe|ae d/c/B/A/ eAcA| DF CE B,E GB|AEFA ECDd|cd/e/ d/c/B cA A2|] -- 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
[scots-l] Radio Scotland On-Line
Can someone post details of how to access Radio Scotland's traditional and folk music programmes on-line. I've never done this sort of thing, but I know some of our North American friends would love it (Hi Pat Holub!). Is it broadcast on the internet at the same time as over the air? Is a URL sufficient to access it, or do you need to know specific times? Thanks in advance. -- 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
Re: [scots-l] Radio Scotland On-Line
Archie Fisher's Travelling Folk is at http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/progs/travelling_folk.shtml Robbie Shepherd, Take the Floor http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/progs/take_the_floor.shtml Robbie Shepherd, Reel Blend http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/progs/reel_blend.shtml Pipeline http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/progs/pipeline.shtml Celtic Connections http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/progs/celtic_connections.shtml Iain Anderson http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/progs/iain.shtml I think that's most of them. Each page gives the (UK) time that the programme is broadcast on the radio. The programmes seem to be broadcast on the internet at the same time as on the radio. There are however sound clips from previous shows on each page. - Original Message - From: Nigel Gatherer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Scots-L Posting [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 10:04 AM Subject: [scots-l] Radio Scotland On-Line Can someone post details of how to access Radio Scotland's traditional and folk music programmes on-line. I've never done this sort of thing, but I know some of our North American friends would love it (Hi Pat Holub!). Is it broadcast on the internet at the same time as over the air? Is a URL sufficient to access it, or do you need to know specific times? Thanks in advance. -- 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 Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [scots-l] Maggie Brown's Favourite
Nigel Gatherer writes: | John Chambers wrote: | ...New England contra-dance musicians (who consider it Irish)... | | So, for that matter, do Irish musicians. Even if it were Nathaniel | Gow's composition it, along with hundreds of Scots-origin tunes, can be | regarded as Irish because it has been absorbed into that tradition. It | doesn't exactly work the other way around. Take a tune like The Rakes | of Mallow which is obviously an Irish tune in origin (Mallow is a town | in County Cork): it has been played for centuries in Scotland and is | part of our traditional repertoire, but would we call it a Scottish | tune? | | Consider this can of worms opened (are you ready, Ted?). Well, I wouldn't consider it a can of worms at all. They're just following one of the oldest and most universal musical traditions: If you hear a good tune, steal it. After a generation or two, your people will consider it one of their traditional tunes. And it will be. Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [scots-l] Maggie Brown's Favourite
John Chambers wrote: Well, I wouldn't consider it a can of worms at all... Can't you tell when I'm trying to whip up a juicy thread? :-) -- 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
Re: [scots-l] Maggie Brown's Favourite
Nigel Gatherer writes: | John Chambers wrote: | | Well, I wouldn't consider it a can of worms at all... | | Can't you tell when I'm trying to whip up a juicy thread? :-) Oh, sorry, uh, I guess it's really a can of worms. Big, fat ones that would make good troll bait. (Hmmm ... Do trolls eat worms? I don't know what they eat.) Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [scots-l] Maggie Brown's Favourite
--- John Chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nigel Gatherer writes: | John Chambers wrote: | | Well, I wouldn't consider it a can of worms at all... | | Can't you tell when I'm trying to whip up a juicy thread? :-) Oh, sorry, uh, I guess it's really a can of worms. Big, fat ones that would make good troll bait. (Hmmm ... Do trolls eat worms? I don't know what they eat.) Goat meatif we remember the children's rhyme. Chris = Christopher Rennie Network Manager, Archdiocese of Detroit Master's Candidate, Wayne State University, Library Information Science Program [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] You are what you do when it counts. __ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.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
Re: [scots-l] 9-11-01 (was: Is anyone there?)
On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 10:41:42 +0100, you wrote: Jeri Corlew wrote: Perhaps not very good nor original. Certainly not Scottish-sounding. It's just my attempt at an angry lament. http://personalpages.tds.net/~jeric/9-11-01.mid I think it's a fantastic piece, Jeri. I'd love to hear it performed by a small ensemble with two pipers. Have you ever done this? Thanks Nigel! Performed in a small ensemble with two pipers? No. I actually don't perform - at least not for money. I have been in the fortunate position of being able to compose certain musical pieces for a 20-piece folk music orchestra as well as a smaller folk group, and although I find it difficult, the results can be spectacular. Frankly, I don't know what I'm doing, but I enjoy it. I haven't had any formal music education, but having a decent ear and good music software makes up for that. I've never really considered the possiblity of anyone actually using the arrangements I've done. I love the harmonies you introduced on 9-11-01, and I think the overall effect is everything you wanted it to be. What did you mean when you said it wasn't original? By the way, I've also been playing The February March (cute) - how do you hear that one being performed? What instruments do you play yourself? (Pardon the intrusive questioning. We've had nothing in Scots-L for days!) As to the originality, I'm one of those unfortunate souls who constantly recognises bits of one tune in others. I suppose 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 can't hear anything in this lament I might have swiped, but I'm always afraid of doing that. It may be somewhat predictable as well. I haven't thought much about the February March. I'm a little surprised anyone's playing any of my tunes! (Honored, too.) I just think it's a bouncy, happy tune, with lots of room for harmonies. Of course, it would sound good with a whole bunch of fiddles, which is what I attempt to play. -- Jeri Corlew Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
