Re: [scots-l] Re: Tune Question (Betsy)
Right. I was just listening to the CD in the car and was struck by the similarities. Thanks for the transcription. Good job. CA Just about the same is *really* stretching it. Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [scots-l] Re: Tune Question
Is the American fiddle tune Betsy (Henry Reed, Alan Jabbour, et. al.) just about the same as the pipe march Greenwoodside? Where might we hear it? Do you have ABCs? My ABCification of the transcription at the Library of Congress site; I left out a few upward slides and pitchbends that ABC can't represent... X:1 T:Betsy S:Henry Reed LoC site Z:Jack Campin http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ April 2004 M:4/4 L:1/16 K:A Dorian (B2``c)cA2`A2- A(B``cd)e4 | d4 G4- G(ABc) d2`B2 |\ (B``c2)A- A2`A2- A(B``cd)e2``d2 |(ef`gf e)(dB2) {G}[A3A3][A3A3] (AB | c)(Bc2) (G3``A) (AB```cd)e4 |(ed`BA) G3```G- G2 ((3ABc d2)B2 |\ (c``Bc2)A2`A2- A(B``cd)e2``d2 |(ef`ge e)(dB2)(G[A2A2])[AA-] [A2A2] || e2-|e(^cef/g/) a3`(b ^c'2)(ae-e2)`d2 | e(de2) (fg)g2 e(dcd)[e4e4] |\ (e4{f}) a3`(a ^c'2)(a/f/e- e2)(ef)|(gf`e)(d cA``B2)[A3A3][A3A3] [A2e2-]| e(^cef/g/) a4 ^c'2`(ae-e2)(dc)| e(def) g3``(g ed)(^cd) [e4e4] |\ (e3```f/g/) a2(ab ^c'2)`af e2``d2 | f2(ed cA``B2)(G[A2A2])[AA-] A2 |] Similar in places, yes. Just about the same is *really* stretching it. - Jack Campin: 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU; 0131 6604760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack * food intolerance data recipes, Mac logic fonts, Scots traditional music files and CD-ROMs of Scottish music. off-list mail to j-c rather than scots-l at this site, please Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[scots-l] Re: Tune Question
Cliff Abrams wrote: Is the American fiddle tune Betsy (Henry Reed, Alan Jabbour, et. al.) just about the same as the pipe march Greenwoodside? Thanks. Where might we hear it? Do you have ABCs? -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [scots-l] Re: Tune Question
I am traveling until Monday, but i will definitely send info to you thereafter. Not very good at the abc thing, but i have plenty of time to think about it on the way from Indianapolis to Connecticut. Thanks. C. PS Why was (is?) argyll-wisemagic a spam thing for a while? --- Nigel Gatherer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cliff Abrams wrote: Is the American fiddle tune Betsy (Henry Reed, Alan Jabbour, et. al.) just about the same as the pipe march Greenwoodside? Thanks. Where might we hear it? Do you have ABCs? -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html