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Hi all, anyone else read William Beauford's appendix 3 in Walker's Irish Bards and wondered what this system of notation is all about? What is this old Irish...
OK to clarify a bit, he translates a passage from "an Irish MS, now before me"..."the remainder of the ms is wanting, it having been long kept in cabins and...
Hello all, well my last question to this list didn't excite much interest did it??? Maybe this one will be better I've been working on and off on Callena vacca...
PS. also on repeats, what does it say on p.50 before the 2nd stave - is it 2nd "time" or 2nd "line" an 8th lower ??? The former would imply repeats of the 2nd...
Simon, On behalf of anyone who studies this stuff, Thank you!!! I suppose I should also thank Queen's College for scanning it and putting it online as well....
Simon Not lack of interest but the file is so large my slow connection can not handle it and I was waiting until I had had a chance to look at a library copy...
Simon Not lack of interest, the file has proved to large to down load so I had been waiting until I could browse a library copy. It has been some years since I...
I'm not sure about the Coolin - being used to O'Hampsey's instrumental version, I was suprised when I went back and listened to older recordings - Gráinne...
Thanks Keith. You may well be right, but unless the "translation" was so free to corrupt the text it seems that he had an old mss that was trying to say...
Hello I've just joined and thought I should introduce myself. I have been playing Irish traditional music for 25 years(uilleann pipes whistles ect), I now also...
Hi Brendan - welcome to the list. Scoil? You lucky! Wish I could be there. We're going to try a few years down the road. Gotta save our pennies for it here...
Does anyone know of a 19th C Irish harper named Wall? I stumbled across this in the Canadian Encyclopedia the other day. An Irish harper's performance was...
Hi Peter - well found! Here's your man: from http://www.earlygaelicharp.info/harpers/ Matthew Wall Sent by the Belfast Harp Society to New Brunswick in 1830. I...
Hi Simon, and thanks! Very interesting stuff. I'm surprised he was here that long and must have travelled elsewhere, certainly Nova Scotia and maybe even ...
Yay! I have finally completed my harp. Wire strung with 4 silver bass strings, 16 yellow brass and 10 soft iron strings in the treble. I thought I was going to...
Well since no one else has posted yet about Irish Harp school... ...was another brilliant Summer School...personal highlights for me was Ann Heymans...
It's been almost a week since I got home, so my mind's settled and I can write about my thoughts on the Scoil na gClairseach 2006. I know that this year I've...
Dear all Hello there, and thanks to the moderator for letting me on. A short bit about me: I'm a musician, with background in classical piano, folk flute and...
Hello Martin and welcome, it has been quiet here all summer as people have been away in the real world... From what little I know about the subject Ardival...
Another beginner question I have been wondering about... Is it correct to say the 'standard' tuning is with F sharp...which can be changed to F natural on...
Hi Martin, I had a look at this piece which I know but don't play. I would abandon your chord progression analysis as unsuitable for old Gaelic music, but I...
Hi JP, this is a slow reply but that's the speed of my brain these days... our Man with the Modes is conspicious by his absence so I'll put in my penny worth.....
Dear Martin, Checking carefully through DJ's edition, I found the following binary hypothetical harmonies possible, consisting of an alternating G tetrad and A...
I don't play a lot of Carolan but every now and then I find a strange one. Strangeness is in the ear of the listener but I'm wondering if others have some...
