Re: [scots-l] Cumbernauld House
Oswald himself specialised in guittar (English guittar) which has a
sound like a very quiet harp or lyre. It's also a very easy instrument
to write music with, as it transposes and the tuning forms two major
chords (CEGceg, GBDgbd or AC#Eac#e normally).
Here's the tune, in the vocal version from the Scots Musical Museum -
I don't have Oswald's original handy. How easy is it on the guitar?
I suspect there isn't much difference from Oswald; Johnson didn't
often simplify instrumental tunes to make them more singer-friendly.
X:38
T:Where winding Forth adorns the vale
T:Cumbernauld-house
S:SMM no. 142
M:C
L:1/8
K:G %Transposed from F
GA|(BA) (Bd) {c}B2 AG|ED EG A2 Bd| e2 (ge) (dB) (AG)|E2 GA G3A|
BA Bd {c}B2 AG |ED EG A2 Bd|(ed) (eg) (dB) (AG)|E2 GA G2||
BA|GABcd3e |(dB) AG d2 gf| efga {g}f2ed |B2 ef e3f|
(gf) (eTd) B2 (e3/f//g//)|(dB) TAG A2 Bd |(ed) (Be) (dB) (AG)|E2 (GA) G2|]
The Scots Musical Museum would have been a far more accessible source
for Bewick to use than Oswald's original, which had not been reprinted
for 90 years.
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Re: [scots-l] Cumbernauld House
Jack Campin wrote: Oswald himself specialised in guittar (English guittar) which has a sound like a very quiet harp or lyre. It's also a very easy instrument to write music with, as it transposes and the tuning forms two major chords (CEGceg, GBDgbd or AC#Eac#e normally). Here's the tune, in the vocal version from the Scots Musical Museum - I don't have Oswald's original handy. How easy is it on the guitar? I'll have a look, printed it out - but Barfly is so frustrating on my Mac! I can't use anything except 'beep' and it plays in a way which bears no resemblance to your demosntration - all the note lengths are wrong and the result doesn't even sound like a tune. More like some very long horrible ringtone. The tune looks OK on guittar, but I'll report back after trying it. The speed of the ABC would be a little fast for guittar. I would transpose the entire thing to A instead of G (my guittar transposes A, Bflat, B, or C and that's it - Irish ones transposed G, Gsharp, A, Bflat) since I have not yet made a capo I just play in A. But Chris Egerton, a luthier in London, has just made me an entire set of bone string pins and it's sounding very good as a result! David 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] Good fusions, bad fusions (was SHSA Comps)
Slainte Mhath (from Cape Breton) makes some really interesting and danceable music using pop/techno fusion. They play fiddle, bagpipes, bodhran, keyboards, flutes and more (and stepdance!). A nice description of their style from their website: (http://www.slaintemhath.com) Slainte Mhath is great. I love those guys (and girls). I've still got their first CD on constant rotation. They're definately on the right track I think. As far as I can tell, thru logic and listening to many musicians, the secret to making good fusion music is to know traditional music inside and out. If you know where it's coming from and what makes it unique, and respect that, then you're more likely to understand what will mix well with it. Not only knowing trad. music inside out, but you've also got to know whatever genres that make in into your sound. 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] Cumbernauld House
Jack Campin wrote: Barfly is so frustrating on my Mac! I can't use anything except 'beep' and it plays in a way which bears no resemblance to your demosntration - all the note lengths are wrong and the result doesn't even sound like a tune. More like some very long horrible ringtone. 1. Reinstall QuickTime - early versions of QT 5 are no good, up to 4.0.3 is okay and so is 6 - and make sure the musical instruments are installed. OK, my Classic installation has QT5. The instruments stutter and some don't sound at all. That may be the explanation - no problem adding them to Barfly, they simply don't work. David 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] Navan
I don't know whether they have been mentioned yet on this list, but a new young group from Madison, Wisconsin, called Navan is well worth listening to. Really tight harmonies and excellent singing. They have one CD out. Sue Richards At 11:40 AM 1/21/03 -0800, you wrote: Slainte Mhath (from Cape Breton) makes some really interesting and danceable music using pop/techno fusion. They play fiddle, bagpipes, bodhran, keyboards, flutes and more (and stepdance!). A nice description of their style from their website: (http://www.slaintemhath.com) Slainte Mhath is great. I love those guys (and girls). I've still got their first CD on constant rotation. They're definately on the right track I think. As far as I can tell, thru logic and listening to many musicians, the secret to making good fusion music is to know traditional music inside and out. If you know where it's coming from and what makes it unique, and respect that, then you're more likely to understand what will mix well with it. Not only knowing trad. music inside out, but you've also got to know whatever genres that make in into your sound. Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
