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1001	Dear Alasdair K N MacDonald was of course the grandson on his mothers side of the idiosyncratic Captain Neil MacLeod of Gesto and there have been searches for...	sanger_keith	Jan 2, 2009 10:13 am
1002	Alasdair The thought occurs of how distant in generations K N MacDonald actually was from the last harp accompanied singers. Although Murdoch MacDonald was...	sanger_keith	Jan 2, 2009 10:50 am
1003	Dear Keith, Thanks for that information and those pointers in relation to Logan's Bonnie Woods and Braes. I thought I'd dash off a fairly literal translation...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 2, 2009 5:02 pm
1004	A chàirdean, I've started putting up on my website my transcriptions of the Robert ap Huw music. The lead page for the transcriptions is at the following web...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 4, 2009 2:33 pm
1005	Fantastic Alasdair! Thank you so much. By using your transcrption, and Bill Taylor's booklet and CD I'm able to play Gosteg Dafydd Athro for the first time....	Peter Wilson harpharpharp	Jan 6, 2009 6:14 pm
1006	Cool, Alasdair. More later... - Karen...	tro_tant	Jan 6, 2009 6:25 pm
1007	Dear Peter, I'm so glad someone's found these useful - already! I had a sneaking suspicion that there were people out there who just found the original...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 7, 2009 2:41 pm
1008	I am very new to this music and am finding your interest, transcriptions, and comments very helpful. I'm not sure what all the symbols mean, but I have a...	Barbara harpnfiddle52	Jan 7, 2009 3:35 pm
1009	Dear Barbara, I hasten to advise you to look at the original notation as well as the transcription. The transcription is not intended as a performance score...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 7, 2009 5:53 pm
1010	Thank you for that instruction. I do have a copy, but didn't know how to interpret it. I will use both together as you suggested. Barbara ... Thank you for...	Barbara harpnfiddle52	Jan 8, 2009 1:57 am
1011	I don't know what others think, but if you're having trouble with the symbols then get Bill Taylor's, "Sources for Fingernail Harp Technique from Ireland and...	Peter Wilson harpharpharp	Jan 9, 2009 1:08 pm
1013	Dear Peter, In addition to your advice, it might be worth highlighting that Peter Greenhill and Bill Taylor interpret the p35 figures very much in line with...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 9, 2009 1:40 pm
1014	Here's a little treat from Thurles http://www.thurles.info/2009/01/05/cornelius-ofogartys-harp-a-visual- treat-for-tourists-in-thurles/ Simon...	simon@... simonchadwick	Jan 9, 2009 8:56 pm
1015	Hm. Since my musicality is in its infancy, I hadn't thought about that. I play fiddle in an "advance beginner/intermediate" way , and am a perpetual beginner...	Barbara harpnfiddle52	Jan 9, 2009 11:01 pm
1016	Thanks for the article and picture Simon! Liked your write up. Also noticed the PDF of your longer article on the O'Fogarty with Ann and Charlie's pictures....	Chad McAnally irish_harper	Jan 10, 2009 1:02 am
1017	Thanks Alasdair for suggesting people try playing the figures on the beat. I was playing them before the beat until pretty recently, when this was kindly...	tro_tant	Jan 10, 2009 2:00 am
1018	Ditto - but too bad they didn't link to (or read) your article on the Trinity Harp for the paragraph on the "Brian Boru" harp. - Karen ... your longer article...	tro_tant	Jan 10, 2009 2:07 am
1019	Exactly! And where did they get the date 1220 for the Trinity???? Did I miss something? Chad To: clairseach@... From: tro.tant@... Date:...	Chad McAnally irish_harper	Jan 10, 2009 4:00 am
1020	I have seen the Grainne Yates footage before. I was told by a reliable source that the O'Ffogarty replica used by Grainne was a Witcher. I happen to own...	birch411	Jan 10, 2009 4:52 pm
1021	Alasdair, Thank you for posting your transcriptions. I have been working with the ap Huw MS for a few years and have been working on some transcriptions that...	birch411	Jan 10, 2009 4:54 pm
1022	Barbara, Even people who've got a fairly good ear find it difficult to tell when gracings are hit square on the beat and when not (especially if tunes are...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 10, 2009 5:16 pm
1023	Dear Daniel, I don't find writing out these transcriptions entirely thrilling so thanks for your encouragement. A few people have mentioned to me that they'd...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 10, 2009 5:35 pm
1024	Dear Barbara, Sorry, I should have written, "Mairi Rankin playing Pìobaireachd Dhòmhnaill Dhuibh. Note the impact that her D-slurs being on the beat have on...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 10, 2009 5:46 pm
1025	The Ah Ha moment. I'd been hearing this all along and not realized what I was hearing. Thank you for those very clear examples (especially the flute - it was...	Barbara harpnfiddle52	Jan 10, 2009 7:22 pm
1026	Yes, I've been intrigued by your previous comments about this and am trying to do just that. For the first line of t15 I've been playing the first note of...	Peter Wilson harpharpharp	Jan 11, 2009 12:39 pm
1027	Dear Peter, I'm sorry that your messages are delayed in being posted to the board: Yahoo are treating your e-mail address as spam for some reason so I have to...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 11, 2009 1:13 pm
1028	A chàirdean, I've had a few requests now to put a clear set of rubrics up online with translations. Personally, I've only been dealing with these very ...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 11, 2009 1:40 pm
1029	On the beat gracings, I should point out that pretty much all my playing is like this now, on my CD, and also on the demonstration video clips on the website...	simon@... simonchadwick	Jan 12, 2009 1:29 pm
1030	A chàirdean, I've completely revised the Gaelic modes and Gaelic scales sections of my website in the light of the outcome of recent research. I'm now ...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 14, 2009 12:35 am
1031	A chàirdean, More Gaelic word play... If the comhlaí (sisters) are transposed from G up to middle c, it may be that téad na feola was also transposed. If...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Jan 14, 2009 8:08 pm

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