The first tune I ever did this with was Crooked Bawbee, as
suggested by Bill
Hume. It worked well for me, I didn't get bored with it.
Helen
Yup, great tune and one that like even the way I play it myself.
It's a healthy exercise on the tightrope between beauty and
sentimentality/kitsch -
Chris,
1) Viols: apologies (silly, subjective choice of words)
2) Nasty synthetic reverb: you have good ears, I agree
3) Jacky Layton: excellent tune but it might be a big ask to get it in
your head quickly
John,
Yes, it takes ages and some bars need more ages than
Helen,
Good choice for a starter.
The beauty with that tune is it can be tried: a) as a very free air, b)
steady waltz, c) faster Circle Waltz, to keep interest up.
Cheers
Anthony
--- On Wed, 22/12/10, Helen Capes helen.ca...@paradise.net.nz wrote:
From: Helen Capes
When I first started David Burleigh kindly pointed me in the direction of the
first four tunes in Derek Hobbs' Folk in Harmony, Book 1:
Morag of Dunvegan
Leaving Lismore
Queen Mary
Believe Me
Highly recommended for beginners.
C
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
One thing I would like to mention w.r.t. this tune is watch out for the
Scotchy snaps in bars 29, 30 31. The one in bar 28 is nice but the
rest over egg the pudding for me and could be near disastrous if you
were doing the tune in waltz style!
Cheers
Anthony
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