Re: [scots-l] Music-writing program?

[Derek Hoy]

  Oops. That should have been an h. Happy as a tuned Harp. (But you CAN
 tune-a-fish, right?)  Ok, I'm embarrassed. Gosh, I raise my head to submit a
 post after weeks of silence, and what do I domake a typo. 
 
 Naw, ye spellt it richt th first time, A wis jist makin trouble.  :D
 
 
 --Ian
 
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  IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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  Crown Fault Inspector
  Glen Lachart, Inverness-shire, Scotland

H.  2 can play at that   :)

Derek
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[scots-l] The King's House

[Derek Hoy]

Any one got any background on the tune 'The King's House' ?

Derek
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Re: [scots-l] Bairns

[Derek Hoy]

Nigel asked
 When JTBairns were being interviewed, I could have sworn I heard someone
 refer to Derek Hoy as "Happy". Is this part of a new set of nicknames
 obtained in Disneyland?

Naw- it's from when I was a bairn.

Derek
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[scots-l] Fallen Fiddlers

[Derek Hoy]

Stan mentioned some kind of link between falling over and fiddle players  
(what's the null hypothesis of that?)

Here's 2 more for the list (which Nigel has probably already started):

Pibroch Mackenzie
Legendary fiddler with Bobby McLeod's band.  Reputed to have fallen into 
Tobermory Harbour one time too many. RIP.

Peter McClements
Of Barra and Edinburgh, who perfected a kind of Fosbury Flop, used for going 
over hedges.  This was part of a running competition we had on a couple of 
tours of Germany.  Peter won hands down, if not trousers down.  One night we 
were progressing along a German street with a particularly attractive hedge. 
One minute Peter was there, the next there was just a blur and the sight of 
his feet going over the top.
Then a long silence, and a splash. The hedge was above a steep embankment to 
to a small river. He never felt a thing.
I remember ironing his passport as we dried him out.

Derek
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Re: [scots-l] music notation

[Clarsaich]

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 Not to mention,
 the pickup notes usually make sure the bar lines don't line up exactly
 anyway 

That's true, but in the book I've been working on, I adjusted the placement 
of the pick-up notes so that my bars DO line up exactly. It's a book for 
beginning players, and I wanted to make clear the repeated patterns in some 
of the pieces I chose. If the first stave has a pick-up, and the second stave 
does NOT, I would leave the first half-inch or so of the second stave blank, 
so that the first full bar of the second stave lines up with the first full 
bar of the first stave. 

(This would be SO MUCH easier to just show you.)

My point is, well, yes, the pick up notes make it a little more challenging, 
but it's easily gotten around. And I think it's worth the extra effort if it 
makes the music clearer.

--Cynthia Cathcart
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