Jack Campin wrote:
I would need books to answer most of those (especially number 10)...
Surely not? Anyway, it's early yet, but it may be that this time around
the questions are too hard. Perhaps answers should now be accepted one
at a time. Who knows, it may even provoke some discussion on
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15. The Bonnets o' Bonnie Dundee
Uh, Dundee?
Nope.
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One of the pipe bands that was in the last Gulf War lost someone. That tune came
from that incident and it's on a CD that the band produced...that's all I
know/remember.
Nigel Gatherer wrote:
One of my students has asked me for a tune, The Sands of Kuwait. I
think I might have it on a record
I don't have a clue on any of the answers, but I'm looking forward to
the discussion.
I have an easy question, I think. How did the Jig of Slurs get it's name?
For the fiddlers: The C part starts out: |:G2g gfg|agf gdB| How do you
bow that? Using alternating bows puts the bow going in the
I don't have a clue on any of the answers, but I'm looking forward
to the discussion.
I have an easy question, I think. How did the Jig of Slurs get it's name?
I was told the tune as played by pipers uses an ornament they call a
slur which I gather bears no relation to what fiddlers think is a
Wendy Galovich wrote:
2. What the connects the titles of these old Scottish reels: John
of Badenyon; Och a Chiallain; Cuir sa Chiste Mhoir Mi.
Oh oh oh... I know this one. :-) In the Cape Breton tradition they
are commonly known as the wedding reels...
The first correct answer! The tunes
Jack Campin wrote:
he thought that the harmony arose from *successive*
tones in the music - each note harmonizing with its predecessors, and
the sequence of intervals being chosen to make this work, which implies
a preference for melodic intervals wider than a tone.
I don't know very much about
Tappan wrote:
[Carla and Bob Rogers wrote]:
For the fiddlers: The C part starts out: |:G2g gfg|agf gdB| How do
you bow that? Using alternating bows puts the bow going in the wrong
direction for the next G. I tried slurring the gdB, which plays
well, but doesn't sound right.
I bow it: down,
One of my students has asked me for a tune, The Sands of Kuwait.
I think I might have it on a record somewhere, but I can't remember
where. Does anyone have a transcription of it that they can let me
have?
If you can listen to tonight's Take the Floor - it's on-demand from
the Radio Scotland
Well, there goes all my aspirations for riches and glory...!
Nigel Gatherer said:
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Ian J L Adkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
15. The Bonnets o' Bonnie Dundee
Uh, Dundee?
Nope.
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Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland
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