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A chàirdean, Has anyone else noticed this feature about Gaelic harp repertoire sources? When not using coupled hands technique, trills and slurs are very...
Hey Alasdair, It's been a long time since I've written to the list, I've been swamped by the affairs of the world. But I've still been reading and now that my...
Dear Robert, Good to have something from you on the pipes. Bunting's "sruthanna" (streams) are an interesting question. Compared to the runs we're thinking...
Dear Robert, Apologies. Looking at that message I realise I haven't been altogether clear in my use of language with regard to the "sruthanna". I'm actually...
Alasdair - I have often wondered about this, especialy with regard to the settings of old Gaelic harp repertory in the Scottish lute mss. I am very curious...
Dear Simon and Robert, ... and high status (in contrast to moder modern "traditional music") we might expect some rather more high-powered theorising taking ...
Dear Simon, ... I'll presume to tell you about double notes as well as grips. The treble graces in Bunting's charts for the Gaelic harp normally use concurrent...
Wouldn't it be nice to have a Gaelic harp college so ... Sounds great, if you can figure out how to prevent the container from becoming more important than its...
Dear Peter, Wouldn't it be nice to have a Gaelic harp college so we could study this kind of stuff thoroughly and never have to bothered by any administrative...
A' chàirdean, Would any Carolan aficionados out there mind telling me which of the two main tunings you would prefer for playing Lady Athenry? Beannachdan, ...
What a great tune! Corelli or Handel would have killed to have written that one! While I'm no aficionado, recently I spent a great deal of time working out...
Alasdair, I have it in 3 sharps but have not yet tried it on my lovely student Trinity so am assuming that will change everything as it has for all other...
Hello again all! I'm happy to report Ann and Charlie Heymann (and their daughters) are coming to Indiana USA to perform as Clairseach at Indiana Festival....
Hello all! I've been sitting on this idea for about a year, and I'd like to have input from this board. I purchased the Lomax recording of Irish traditional...
Hi Keith, Hi everyone. Keith, cool bit of detective work! We'll have to check out that recording. Does it have a label number or ISBN number??? If you're...
Hi Keith, This sounds very interesting. Can you please enlighten those of us not familiar with Lomax Recordings, who they are and whether they are commercially...
Hello Chad, Simon and all- Thanks Chad I've read Ann's article on harpspectrum already. Fascinating, to say the least. For the recording: Alan Lomax was an...
Dear Keith, I've only heard the Scottish Lomax stuff, but the Keen for the Dead Child was subsequently recorded as 'an Caoineadh' by Noirin ni Riain on the...
Hello Keith, Some thoughts on your very interesting observation It seems very curious to me that both ms29 notations put most of that "keen" section on the 5th...
Greetings Alasdair, Simon, et al- Thanks for all the input so far from the board. This is a long one, so bear with me! Alasdair says that ... I'd like to...
Thanks for the link, Simon. Brenda Malloy ... _________________________________________________________________ Customise your home page with RSS feeds at MSN...
Hi Keith, I am deliberately not paying too much attention to Bunting's bar lines (and hence his numbers). Seems to me that the tune is being forced into 3 time...
Dear Keith, ... question can only be called a caoine.< I'm not sure what you mean by that, Keith, as later you write, "Does that have something to do with...
Hi Alasdair and Simon- I agree that the barring is contrived. But I find them useful for referencing the part in the harp piece that sounds like the "keen" on...
Dear Keith and Claire, I'd say it's important to look primarily at Gaelic musical terms when discussing Gaelic musical categories. Off the top of my head, I...
Dear Claire, Just reading Martin Martin's account of the island of Hiort (St Kilda) and its inhabitants in June 1697. The Clàrsair Dall (Roderick Morison)...
Hello all, Discovered this via a piper friend. Defines many terms concerning Ceol Mhor and for very useful for understanding your local piper in conversation....
