Re: [scots-l] Andy Dejarlis Jig
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack Campin wrote: People have been commenting extensively on Andy Dejarlis Jig, but I'd like to add that I think for The Sailor's Wife Em is a more usual key than Dm. Not here it isn't - people play it in D minor or not at all (despite it being in print in E minor for well over a century). I would think that it's alot easier to play in D minor, at least on the fiddle. Can it even be played on wind insturments in Em? Why not? It lies quite nicely on the whistle in Em. I must say I prefer it in E minor, and I've heard it played here in that key. -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Scottish Music Pages: http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/scottish/index.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] Andy Dejarlis Jig
Somebody here got that dang-ol' Seven Dwarves virus... COLONEL IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Crown Malt Inspector Provost of the Village of Dunroamin Invernesshire, Scotland The Angry Scotsmen's Internet Asylum http://www.cyberhub.co.uk Blackmill Networks, Limited http://www.blackmill.net - Original Message - From: Nigel Gatherer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 6:10 AM Subject: Re: [scots-l] Andy Dejarlis Jig In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack Campin wrote: People have been commenting extensively on Andy Dejarlis Jig, but I'd like to add that I think for The Sailor's Wife Em is a more usual key than Dm. Not here it isn't - people play it in D minor or not at all (despite it being in print in E minor for well over a century). I would think that it's alot easier to play in D minor, at least on the fiddle. Can it even be played on wind insturments in Em? Why not? It lies quite nicely on the whistle in Em. I must say I prefer it in E minor, and I've heard it played here in that key. -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Scottish Music Pages: http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/scottish/index.html 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] Andy Dejarlis Jig
John Chambers wrote: Toby wrote: | Wendy Galovich wrote: | At 10:18 AM 1/7/2001 -0500, Ian Adkins wrote: | Somebody here got that dang-ol' Seven Dwarves virus... | Yeah.. I've received it twice so far and McAfee squashed it both times. | | Huh? Windoze viruses die a painful death on Linux machines :-) Not really. They just lie there dormant, waiting for someone or something to transfer them to a more suitable host. Then they come back to life. Kind of like all those eggs from the first Aliens movie. Sitting, chilling out on that barren planet, until some hapless human accidently gets too curious and gets infected by one of them. Involuntarily surrendering himself as a host for the seductively efficient and relentless xenomorphic predator? :-) Ain't metaphors wonderful? You bet! 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] Andy Dejarlis Jig
People have been commenting extensively on Andy Dejarlis Jig, but I'd like to add that I think for The Sailor's Wife Em is a more usual key than Dm. Not here it isn't - people play it in D minor or not at all (despite it being in print in E minor for well over a century). === http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ === 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] Andy Dejarlis Jig
Jack Campin wrote: People have been commenting extensively on Andy Dejarlis Jig, but I'd like to add that I think for The Sailor's Wife Em is a more usual key than Dm. Not here it isn't - people play it in D minor or not at all (despite it being in print in E minor for well over a century). I would think that it's alot easier to play in D minor, at least on the fiddle. Can it even be played on wind insturments in Em? 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] Andy Dejarlis Jig
Derek Hoy wrote: Nigel asked: One jig set which was delightful included "Andy Dejarlis Jig" and "The Sailor's Wife". These two were actually played again later, the first time "Andy Dejarlis" was played in D and "Sailor's Wife" in D minor, then later they were played in E and E minor. I think E is the original key, but of the people here who play it, is it more usually played in E or D? E seems right. Interesting that E sounds to me like it's CB, whereas D makes it sound Irish. Actually Cape Breton style suffers from a shortage of E major stuff. Plenty of E dorian stuff. I have had the hardest time finding 4-6 E jigs that I like to build a set, so I usually bend the rules a bit and shift into G major for a couple of the jigs. 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] Andy Dejarlis Jig
Toby Rider wrote: Played in E. Jerry Holland wrote it. Not according to his book 'Jerry Holland's Collection'. There it's cited as traditional: "Jerry learned the Andy Dejarlis Jig from the playing of Mike MacDougall. When looking for a title, Johnny Wilmot told us that he remembered hearing Dejarlis play it. Andy Dejarlis was a fiddler and composer from Manitoba. It is possible that he composed this, but we don't know. He was known for his fine waltzes" -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Scottish Music Pages: http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/scottish/index.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] Andy Dejarlis Jig
Nigel Gatherer wrote: Toby said: Played in E. Yes, I've found it in Jerry's book, and I prefer it in E. "Calliope House" is another jig in E which is sometimes played in D; again, I prefer it in E. All those Irish flute players try to put everything in D :-) The key of E is a beautiful key, especially on stringed instruments. Are you familiar with the tune "Cameron Chisholm's Strathspey", it's an excellent dark tune on E. It's fairly recently written. Unfortunately I don't remember who wrote it because I learned it off of ear from one of David Greenberg's hometapes. 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] Andy Dejarlis Jig
| | All those Irish flute players try to put everything in D :-) The key of | E is a beautiful key, especially on stringed instruments. Are you | familiar with the tune "Cameron Chisholm's Strathspey", it's an | excellent dark tune on E. It's fairly recently written. Unfortunately I | don't remember who wrote it because I learned it off of ear from one of | David Greenberg's hometapes. Hmmm ... I found two different tunes with this title, one is on Brenda Stubbert's web site and attributed to Maybelle Chisholm: http://www.cranfordpub.com//tunes/CapeBreton/Compliments_to_Cameron.htm The other is by Brenda Stubbert: http://www.cranfordpub.com/tunes/abcs/stubbertarchive.abc It's tune number 12. It's called a march, but it's really more of a strathspey-time (slow) march. They're both good tunes, but neither is in E major. The first is in E dorian; the second in D major. 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] Andy Dejarlis Jig
John Chambers wrote: | | All those Irish flute players try to put everything in D :-) The key of | E is a beautiful key, especially on stringed instruments. Are you | familiar with the tune "Cameron Chisholm's Strathspey", it's an | excellent dark tune on E. It's fairly recently written. Unfortunately I | don't remember who wrote it because I learned it off of ear from one of | David Greenberg's hometapes. Hmmm ... I found two different tunes with this title, one is on Brenda Stubbert's web site and attributed to Maybelle Chisholm: http://www.cranfordpub.com//tunes/CapeBreton/Compliments_to_Cameron.htm The other is by Brenda Stubbert: http://www.cranfordpub.com/tunes/abcs/stubbertarchive.abc It's tune number 12. It's called a march, but it's really more of a strathspey-time (slow) march. They're both good tunes, but neither is in E major. The first is in E dorian; the second in D major. The one in E dorian is the one I know, and that is right, it was written by Maybelle Chisholm Doyle. Great tune! I sometimes do it before Bog An Lochan. 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] Andy Dejarlis Jig
Played in E. Jerry Holland wrote it. Nigel Gatherer wrote: One jig set which was delightful included "Andy Dejarlis Jig" and "The Sailor's Wife". These two were actually played again later, the first time "Andy Dejarlis" was played in D and "Sailor's Wife" in D minor, then later they were played in E and E minor. I think E is the original key, but of the people here who play it, is it more usually played in E or D? Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
