[scots-l] Is this site working?
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/FindTune.html I haven't been able to get in lately. -- May neither your strings nor your spirit ever break, May your harp and your soul always be in tune. Rita 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] Jean's reel?
Hi, Some questions about this tune : Who is Jean? :-) Who is Bobby McLoud? Did he compose anything else? What's the original version, between these two? X: 1 T: Jean's reel C:Bobby McLoud M: 4/4 L: 1/8 R: reel K: Gmaj D2|G2 GA BGBd|gB (3BBB eBdB|AGAB AGE2|AcBA GFED| G2 GA BGBd|gabg ageg|d2 Bd gedB|AGFA G2|| Bd| gBdg BdgB|dgBd gBdg|fdda fdad|gfga bdga| bgaf gfed|efgf edBd|e2 dB gedB|AGFA G2|| GA|BDDB DDBD|GBDG BDGB|FDDA FDAD|dD^cd =cAFA| BDDB DDBD|GBDG BDGB|FDFA dD^cd|cAFA G2|| Bd|gBdg BdgB|dgBd gBdg|fdda fdad| gfga bdga|bgaf gfed|efgf edBd|e2 dB gedB|AGFA G2|| X:2 T:Jean's Reel M:4/4 L:1/8 C:Bobby MacLeod R:Reel K:G (3DEF|:G3A BGBd|gB (3BBB eBdB|A3B AGEG|AcBA GEDE|! G2 GA BGBd|gabg abge|d2 Bd gedB|1AGFA G2 EF:|2AGFA G2 Bd||! gBdg BBgB|dgBd gBdg|fdda fdaf|gfga baga|! (3bag gf gfe^d|efgf edBd|d2 Bd gedB|1AGFA G2 Bd:|2AGFA G3A||! BD (3DDD EDB,D|(3DDD B2 (3DDD B2|A2 (3DDD ADFA|dD^cD =cAFA|! BDGB (3DDD B2|GBDG BDGB|ADFA dD^cD|cAFA G3A|! BD (3DDD EDB,D|(3DDD B2 (3DDD B2|A2 (3DDD A,2 (3DDD|d2 (3DDD c2 (3DDD|! BDGB (3DDD B2|GBDG BDGB|ADFA dD^cD|cAFA G2 Bd||! gBdg BBgB|dgBd gBdg|fdda fdaf|gfga baga|! (3bag gf gfe^d|efgf edBd|d2 Bd gedB|AGFA G2 Bd|! gBdg _Bdg=B|dg_Bd g=Bdg|fdda fdaf|gfga baga|! (3bag gf gfe^d|efgf edBd|d2 Bd gedB|AGFA G2||! Thanks in advance Dominique R 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] Jean's reel?
Hi again, Mc LEOD of course! :-) Dominique R Dominique Renaudin a écrit: Who is Bobby McLoud? 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] Is this site working?
| http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/FindTune.html | | I haven't been able to get in lately. There were some hardware problems on the machine, and it was up and down for most of yesterday. A disk was swapped, and it might be fixed now. Then again, it might not. We'll see. 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] Jean's reel?
Domnique - Fraid I don't know the answers to your questions. But That's one cool tune. It even sounds pretty good in Barfly and that's rare. It must be awesome when played by a fiddler or on a button accordion. Do you know of recordings of this tune? Thanks, John 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] Jean's reel?
Hi, Some questions about this tune : Who is Jean? :-) Who is Bobby McLoud? Did he compose anything else? Go to http://www.bobbymacleod.co.uk and read all about him. He's one of the greats of trad Scottish music, and Jean's Reel is one of his best known tunes. It's much-recorded so a quick google should give you a starter. What's the original version, between these two? The first, though I have the tune in F. Derek 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] Is this site working?
Rita Hamilton wrote: http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/FindTune.html I haven't been able to get in lately. Worked for me just now, using Mac IE 5.1 -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
Re: [scots-l] Jean's reel?
Natalie MacMaster recorded it on Fit As A Fiddle. Bobby MacLeod was a famous Scottish accordion player from Tobermory, which is on Mull. Toby Domnique - Fraid I don't know the answers to your questions. But That's one cool tune. It even sounds pretty good in Barfly and that's rare. It must be awesome when played by a fiddler or on a button accordion. Do you know of recordings of this tune? Thanks, John Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html -- Toby Rider ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That puts it not unto the touch To win or lose it all. - James Graham, Marquis of Montrose 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] Tempos
Toby Rider wrote: they don't feel comfortable asking their peers, and don't have anyone to go to for lessons. I am talking about the boondocks here, not San Francisco or D.C. or Seattle or Boston. Okay, thanks for explaining your positions on this stuff. It's good that we've come to some understanding about this topic. We do actually agree on alot of this stuff. I'm not as anti-competition as I was before this discussion started, and hopefully you understand where I am coming from Boondocks! Here I am! Here I am! I am thankfull for competitions. I don't compete, and I don't even watch the competitions, but if it weren't for the workshop that always precedes the competition, I would have essentially no exposure to real Scottish fiddlers (and American players in the Scottish style). Except for you guys, of course. But there's only so much you can "get" about the fiddle through a computer monitor. Bob At the convergence of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Re: [scots-l] Tempos
Toby Rider wrote: One of my buddies who runs a recording studio in Venice (who knows nothing about Scottish music) when he first met me said So you play Scottish music? Like Ashley MacIsaac and Wolfstone? Wow, those guys really rock.. That's really cool! Another traditional artist who has Two others to add to that list: Neil Anderson, and Bad Haggis. I've heard about Ashley MacIsaac, and I want to check out his stuff. For anyone who hasn't heard of Neil and BH -- they both do a combination of modern and traditional. Neil is a piper, and one of the best musicians I've ever seen. BH? Heavy metal attitude with more music theory and the tightest electric band I've ever heard. They play with the precision of Acadamy of St. Martin in the Fields. Bob South Carolina 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] acoustics question
Toby Rider wrote: I been thinking about soundposts and fiddles... How come it keeps an archtop from feeding back then? It prevents the top from vibrating on its own - with a soundpost, ya gotta move the top and the back to get it going... Well, that's a bit weak, but the best I could do. Toby Here is how a fiddle works: The top only vibrates at high frequencies. The back only at low. They do not work as a unit, ever. The purpose of the soundpost is to transfer the low frequencies from the bridge to the back. That's why the soundpost is opposite the low strings -- The bridge works like a lever. Since the strings are further from the post, more energy is transferred. As to the guitar -- I don't know guitar acoustics, but what he said makes sense. Durring feedback, the top of the guitar is probably vibrating freely, and a dowel trying to tie it to the back would stiffen it. Two might be even better. On a violin, part of the purpose of the f holes is to make a portion of the top move more freely (more top end). If he is only playing it because of it's looks (i.e. he never uses it acoustically). He could stuff it with bits of foam or something. I would even say you could fill it with expanding foam, but I won't say that (because you could probably rip the instrument apart, if you weren't familiar with the foam!) Bob 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] acoustics question
If he is only playing it because of it's looks (i.e. he never uses it acoustically). He could stuff it with bits of foam or something. I would even say you could fill it with expanding foam, but I won't say that (because you could probably rip the instrument apart, if you weren't familiar with the foam!) Actually those semi-hollowbodies have a tone that is a bit different and richer then the solid-bodies, which why people still play them, especially those jazz guys, who are all about tone quality. I think it might have something to do with how the hollow soundbox allows the notes to sustain nicely. You've give me some important clues. What I should really do is ask one of the professors here in the department about this question. Toby 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] Tempos
BH? Heavy metal attitude with more music theory and the tightest electric band I've ever heard. They play with the precision of Acadamy of St. Martin in the Fields. Oh yes, I've heard Bad Haggis.. They're pretty interesting :-) I think your description fits them to a tee. They're kind of like a cross between a pipe band, Sly and the Family Stone, African tribal rhythms and Spinal Tap. Eric Rigler is their piper. He needs no introductions. -- Toby Rider ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That puts it not unto the touch To win or lose it all. - James Graham, Marquis of Montrose 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] acoustics question
Toby Rider wrote: Actually those semi-hollowbodies have a tone that is a bit different and richer then the solid-bodies, which why people still play them, especially those jazz guys, who are all about tone quality. I think it might have something to do with how the hollow soundbox allows the notes to sustain nicely. You've give me some important clues. What I should really do is ask one of the professors here in the department about this question. Toby They do have a rich tone, but I don't think it is sustain. One of the attractions of solid bodies is thier sustain. They don't have big moving acoustic plates designed to convert the string energy into sound energy. The telecaster I used to have would easily sustain an open string note for a minute. Filling one with expanding foam would probably change the tone a lot, since it would eliminate a lot of the resonance. You wouldn't have the advantages of the solid body either, since you wouldn't have the mass in the body... Probably a bad idea all around. But styrofoam beads might be worth experimenting with. So would taping over the f holes with easy release masking tape, if one didn't object to the appearance... Good luck. Bob 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)
Toby Rider wrote: on my desert isle list :-) For instance, every album Alasdair Fraser has released except for one, is basically fusion and I think they've all Which one? I'd like to make sure to get that one. Bob Jumping into the fire here, I'd say Legacy of the Scottish Fiddle, Vol. 1, and probably Vol. 2 when it's released, and possibly also Portrait of a Scottish Fiddler are the most traditional and least fusion-like, though some folks might also argue for Driven Bow being fairly traditional as well. Just my opinion... This seems like a good time to mention that I have sold Fiddlers Crossing to Debby Hand at Mountain Music in Tehachapi, CA. Contact information is at www.fiddlerscrossing.com, and they hope to have the catalog online at that URL in a month or two. I'm still serving as advisor to them and to customers, but the day to day operations have all moved north. I should be getting a teaching credential in June and with any luck will be gainfully employed teaching elementary school students in the fall. Jan Tappan 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)
Tappan wrote: Toby Rider wrote: on my desert isle list :-) For instance, every album Alasdair Fraser has released except for one, is basically fusion and I think they've all Which one? I'd like to make sure to get that one. Bob Jumping into the fire here, I'd say Legacy of the Scottish Fiddle, Vol. 1, and probably Vol. 2 when it's released, and possibly also Portrait of a Scottish Fiddler are the most traditional and least fusion-like, though some folks might also argue for Driven Bow being fairly traditional as well. Just my opinion... I agree with Jan. I think I would have put Portrait... as his most traditional album but it's been a while since I've heard it and I may be misremembering it. Toby, your definition of fusion must be different than mine; when I think of fusion I think of groups like The Peatbog Faeries and Shooglenifty, not Alasdair Fraser! What are you defining his style as a fusion of? -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
