One or two people have posed the question: How much duplication is
there of tunes in previous publications? A brief answer is - not much!
For those wanting more detail: of the 52 tunes, half are previously
unpublished - mostly old tunes - and eight others come from my book
`Dishala
Hear! Hear!
--- On Sat, 10/7/10, John Dally wrote:
From: John Dally
Subject: [NSP] Sweet & Salt Water tune collection
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Saturday, 10 July, 2010, 18:09
Margaret Watchorn's new collection of tunes just arrived in the mail.
It's a wonde
Margaret Watchorn's new collection of tunes just arrived in the mail.
It's a wonderful collection, an instant classic. Anyone seriously
interested in Northumbrian music would find many hours of enjoyment
between its covers. I ordered my copy from Margaret at
i...@pipesandfiddle.co.uk. (Sad to sa
Hello John
Interesting stuff but perhaps it should be pointed out that reed cane
(Arundo Donax) is a much slower growing relative of Bamboo (max 5cm per
day at its peak compared to Bamboo's 60cm). Also, the variations
observed are radial rather than longitudinal i.e. in slips which
