Re: [scots-l] auld lang syne uploads

2000-12-22 Thread Bruce Olson

Rob MacKillop wrote:
 
 OK. I've uploaded the earliest known version of Auld Lang Syne, from the
 Balcarres MS c.1695-1700 as a straight transcription, but also as a basic
 guitar arrangement in DADGAD tuning. I have also uploaded both the versions
 in the Scots Musical Museum (numbers 25 and 413) for comparison. And also
 'Hallow my Fancy' ( for Bruce), and some others from various Scottish lute
 manuscripts.
 

Rob,

Many thanks for the tune "Hallow my fancie" from the Balcarres
lute MS. It fits the verses in the Percy folio manuscript
beautifully.

Where can I find directions for translating the tablature? There
are some others I'd like to see translated.

"Come hither, my bony bird chuck" might just be "Come hither my
own sweet duck". In Simpson's 'The British Broadside Ballad and
Its Music' there two tunes given under this latter title, but the
evidence is for either being the correct tune is very weak.

Bruce Olson   

Old English, Irish and, Scots: popular songs, tunes, broadside
ballads at my website (no advs-spam, etc)- www.erols.com/olsonw
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Re: [scots-l] auld lang syne uploads

2000-12-21 Thread Rob MacKillop


 provides free what others try to charge $5 a sheet to download.

Damn. I knew there was something I forgot! For the moment, everything is
free.
Rob

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[scots-l] auld lang syne uploads

2000-12-20 Thread Rob MacKillop

OK. I've uploaded the earliest known version of Auld Lang Syne, from the
Balcarres MS c.1695-1700 as a straight transcription, but also as a basic
guitar arrangement in DADGAD tuning. I have also uploaded both the versions
in the Scots Musical Museum (numbers 25 and 413) for comparison. And also
'Hallow my Fancy' ( for Bruce), and some others from various Scottish lute
manuscripts.

You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader (your computer may already have
this). Some of the files are also available as Scorch files which allow you
to hear the scores. Both these viewers (Scorch and Acrobat) give good
quality scores, but you can only print the Acrobat versions. I thought of
putting up gif files but the quality is poor.

Go to: http://www.robmackillop.com and click on The Scottish Lute on the
sidebar. Have a read and let me know what you think. And it's all free!
Happy Christmas.

Rob
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