RE: Introductions (was Re:[scots-l] Tune ID)

2004-07-23 Thread Ted Hastings
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-scots- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Toby Rider Sent: 22 July 2004 20:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Introductions (was Re:[scots-l] Tune ID) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I guess he is fiddling with his email

Re: Introductions (was Re:[scots-l] Tune ID)

2004-07-22 Thread rog
and also New England style fiddler Rodney Miller, who I know nothing about; anyone know of him? He's one of my favourite fiddlers. He's fundamentally a dance (contradance) fiddler, but seems to be a bit of an all-rounder. Someone lent me a tape of his (Airplang) which I loved and wore out

Re: Introductions (was Re:[scots-l] Tune ID)

2004-07-22 Thread John Chambers
Toby Rider wrote: | Yes. I'm in the process of transitioning over to a new version of the | list server, which will stop that problem. I just haven't gotten to it | yet.. Something keeps coming up. Like for instance one of my other | servers just took a total dump yesterday. That wouldn't

Re: Introductions (was Re:[scots-l] Tune ID)

2004-07-22 Thread Toby Rider
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a PS. If anyone's interested, there's a great collection of tunes (arranged as sets for RSCDS dancers) at this page: http://www.pixton.org/scdpw04/musicbook.html It includes that tune I posted earlier (Boston Urban Ceilidh), amongst many others (it's interesting to

Re: Introductions (was Re:[scots-l] Tune ID)

2004-07-22 Thread Toby Rider
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I guess he is fiddling with his email system. as an email virtuoso, perhaps he can give us a few tunes on the email fiddle... a quick version of Jenny Dang the Webmaster perhaps? LOL.. Funny you should mention that song, I just played that song a few days ago to

Re: Introductions (was Re:[scots-l] Tune ID)

2004-07-22 Thread Toby Rider
Steve Wyrick wrote: Toby Rider wrote: LOL.. Funny you should mention that song, I just played that song a few days ago to amuse my band mates. I've taken to playing Scottish Irish tunes during breaks in band rehearsal (I now play lead guitar, fiddle pedal steel in an American Country band). I

Re: Introductions (was Re:[scots-l] Tune ID)

2004-07-22 Thread Steve Wyrick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS. If anyone's interested, there's a great collection of tunes (arranged as sets for RSCDS dancers) at this page: http://www.pixton.org/scdpw04/musicbook.html It includes that tune I posted earlier (Boston Urban Ceilidh), amongst many others (it's interesting to

[scots-l] Tune ID

2004-07-21 Thread Nigel Gatherer
I feel as though I should know this tune; does anyone else recognise it? Apparently on the record 'Andy DeJarlis and the Early Settlers' it was paired with Countryside Polka, which I've come across as Cameron Men's Polka No.1 (Aly Bain), Angus Polka No.1 (Boys of the Lough and Traditional Polka

Re: [scots-l] Tune ID

2004-07-21 Thread rog
X:692 T:Scots Reel i recognise this - it's an old favourite of mine. i think i know it from one of the Cavendish recordings, but i don't think it's one of their tunes (i'll have a check through the book though). it gets confused in my head with the Shetland Fiddler... i can probably find out

Re: [scots-l] Tune ID

2003-12-23 Thread dolan morrison
Oot Be East De Vong is the second tune.Shetland job i beleive. D.J.Morrison Heather Isle Fiddlers. - Original Message - From: Nigel Gatherer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Scots-L Posting [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 10:07 PM Subject: [scots-l] Tune ID A couple of tunes I've

Re: [scots-l] Tune ID

2003-12-23 Thread Derek Hoy
Nigel said: A couple of tunes I've heard recently. The first they called a Breton tune, but it doesn't sound like one to me. And I hear a Scottish tune which I've played in there somewhere, but I can't place it. Any ideas? The first part is Short-coated Mary. The second part is from an Oirish

Re: [scots-l] Tune ID

2003-12-19 Thread Derek Hoy
Nigel asked: I learned this at a session in Edinburgh played by students of Sarah Northcott. She learned it from someone called Norman who didn't know the name of it, so Sarah gave it the Gaelic name for Norman (apparently). It's a nice wee tune - anyone know it, or know anything about it?

[scots-l] Tune ID

2003-12-18 Thread Nigel Gatherer
I learned this at a session in Edinburgh played by students of Sarah Northcott. She learned it from someone called Norman who didn't know the name of it, so Sarah gave it the Gaelic name for Norman (apparently). It's a nice wee tune - anyone know it, or know anything about it? X:604 T:Tormaid

Re: [scots-l] Tune ID

2002-12-12 Thread Jack Campin
I got this tune from a friend who said he heard it played by a piping busker in Edinburgh. Does anyone recognise it? T:Tune in D S:Robin Galloway, Edinburgh George Current had a brainwave tonight and says it's Moonshine by the samba-ceilidh band MacUmba - it's on their website (but in A with

[scots-l] Tune ID

2002-12-06 Thread Nigel Gatherer
I got this tune from a friend who said he heard it played by a piping busker in Edinburgh. Does anyone recognise it? X:454 T:Tune in D S:Robin Galloway, Edinburgh Z:Nigel Gatherer M:4/4 L:1/8 K:D DE | F2 FA FEDE | FAAB A2 DE | F2 FA FEDE | F2 E2 E2 DE | F2 FA FEDE | FAAB A2 DE | F2 FA FA E2

Re: [scots-l] Tune ID

2001-07-31 Thread AIKUNTZ
In a message dated 7/31/01 2:03:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The second is 'South of the Grampians', but it's been Tommied a bit. Thanks very much for the ID, Derek. Regards, Andrew Kuntz Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To

Re: [scots-l] Tune ID

2001-07-24 Thread Steve Wyrick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tommy Peoples taught these Donegal Highlands at a workshop I attended last week, but he had no name for them. Does anyone recognize them as Scottish strathspeys? Thanks for your help. Regards, Andrew Kuntz X:1 T:Gan Ainm M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Highland S:Tommy