Well, I wouldn't exactly call it instrumental versions of songs. Most
of those tunes were around as fiddle music before Burns got to them and
set songs to them!
That's very true; when I spoke of fiddle music though, I was thinking
more of the reels, jigs, strathspeys and airs that dominate
I picked up a copy of Alasdair's new CD. It contains the tunes of the time
of Robert Burns. So it isn't a cd of fiddle music. It's more a CD of
instrumental versions of songs from that time.
It has a less modern sound than anything else I can think of that Alasdair
has done.
It features Natalie
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I went to the Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games last weekend.
John Taylor, Alasdair Fraser, and Brian McNeill were all there, along with
many other musicians. I wrote up an essay and posted some photos:
www.2fiddles.com
http://www.2fiddles.com/games/tsf04/TSF.html
Let me make here my ardent plea for web resources devoted to teaching the
musically incompetent the bagpipes. Failing that, I'll settle for a
gateway instrument. I'm not kidding. Simple for simple minds.
There's a usenet group for pipers. The feeling is unanamous that one needs
to have a
Let me make here my ardent plea for web resources devoted to teaching the
musically incompetent the bagpipes. Failing that, I'll settle for a
gateway instrument. I'm not kidding. Simple for simple minds.
There's a usenet group for pipers. The feeling is unanamous that one needs
to have a
Hi folks,
I've been attempting to learn to play the whistle lately
[...]
But since whistles don't have drones, there isn't
anything magic about an A note anymore, is there? So I don't have to do
cuts from an A note, maybe?
I've learned most of what I know about whistle from Irish whistle
The recent post about William Marshall made me wonder where I can buy
books of his compositions.
The closer to the original the better; best of all are copies of originals.
Bob Rogers
South Carolina
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Hi all,
My dad bought me the CD _Celtic Dialog_ by Laura Risk for Christmas. When
I saw the title, my first thought was ug. It's on Dorian, and was
released in 1999.
But I've been to a few workshops that Laura has done (she's a great
teacher, if you ever get the chance). Anyway, I played the cd
Nigel Gatherer wrote:
Toby Rider wrote:
Okay, I was able to [Bruce Olson's] site. Can anyone volunteer to
keep the site up-to-date, if give them write access to it?
I'd happily do that if I knew what was required.
Nigel is a God among men... :-) I'll email you offline with
I need some suggestions for jigs to play with Dave Richardson's
Calliope House.
I've tried darn near every E and Em jig I know and can't find one that
pairs well and transitions well to or from Calliope House. Any
suggestions for me?
Swallowtail Jig Calliope House
Swallowtail is a very
Yes, and Calliope House doesn't sound as good in D, as it does in
E.
Quite right, and it lies well on the fiddle in E as well. I've never
understood why one would bother to put it into D.
The Irish flute guys put it into D so they could play it.
I hear it played in D by fiddlers more
I picked up a new book on fiddle called Scottish Fiddling (I think).
It's published by the Scottish Arts Council.
It has three sections: technique, tune types, and regional styles. It also
has a CD, with tunes selected to illustrate the techniques, tune types and
styles.
I think it was around
I understand the mechanics of modes, at least sort of.
Suppose I'm playing in Dmix, on the fiddle. I know in Dmaj I would play my
F# and my C# extra sharp, since they are leading tones.
So getting back to Dmix, do I still play my F# extra sharp? Is the C-nat
(the 7th) played sharper than normal?
I think you're a mixing up key-mode with scale.
Not as much mixing them up as trying to avoid doing so... I know that mode
and key signature are not the same thing -- I'm trying to find out how the
oh-so-natural just intonation of classical violin works with fiddle's
modes (compared to key
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