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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...
Have to spit it out, for I've been wondering about it for a while now... I know there are people who tune their harps by ear, not with a tuner, tuning just the...
Hi Barbara, Bunting took down the method used by the old harpers, going in 5ths, octaves and 4ths. Look in the Ancient Msuic of Ireland (1840) page ...
Barbara - I'm not experienced by any stretch of the imagination, but I can't tune with the tuner. It doesn't come out sounding right. I have to do it by ear....
Scoil na gCláirseach–Summer School of Early Irish Harp 2006 The fourth annual Scoil na gCláirseach–Summer School of Early Irish Harp took place 19-25...
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Dear Barbara The article Simon linked to is useful, and the chart is good, but it doesn't give the figures. Starting from G and tuning in fourths and fifths as...
Dear mwyalchen2000, ... If anyone in the group would like to look at the whole John Bell quote, go to http://www.calumcille.com/gleusan/2.html on my website. ...
First of all, a correction. When I listed the pitches for just intonation I gave the B as 4 cents flat of equal temperament, and E as 6 cents flat. Looking at...
Hello, I've been puzzling over some of the notation in the Robert ap Huw manuscript. In particular, the notation marking the end of the diwedd (refrain),...
Hi Karen, what pages are you looking at specifically? I see some of them have the centre horizontal line cutting a D, some have ot between D's if you see what...
Hi Simon, Thanks for your input and perspective. I'm just sort of fumbling around with this. I see what you mean about the spirals being repeat notation...
FYI Forwarding an email from the amorphous Clarsach Support Group of Northern California. An Open Invitation to the Clarsach Community: The "ad hoc" Clarsach...
Hello all, I've been practicing the Caniad San Sillin, and I noticed something. Octave C's are often played in the bass, particularly at the ends of the...
... It is my understanding that the music is indeed lost, (ie the manuscript's back pages) I must admit I was wondering/hoping some might have survived, albeit...
Hi Ronan, I'm lost, can you elaborate on what you mean by this (what music, what ms?) ... Karen, interesting ideas there! I always play caniad san silin ...
Hi Simon, Sorry to have "lost "you, but I probably got it all wrong in the first place! I was under the impression that in the index, there was a listing for...
Oh I see, well the index of the Robert ap Huw ms was done in the 18th century and lists all the ms that survives now. There are also tune lists at the back by...
Thank you Simon and Ronan for your replies. It is a terrible shame that the music is lost. I hope you all understood that I was just trying to explore how the...
Hi Karen, ... Yes but that is what we are all here for, to scrabble around in the floor-sweepings and try to get a glimpse of what it was like!!! I'm intruiged...
