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990	A chàirdean, Did you know that the viol was tuned down in pitch from the highest pitched string? 'When you begin to tune, raise your treble or smallest...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Dec 3, 2008 8:38 am
991	Dear friends, On this, the Winter Solstice, the Historical Harp Society of Ireland would like to wish you, your families and loved ones our very best wishes...	Siobhán Armstrong chair@...	Dec 21, 2008 10:09 pm
992	A chàirdean, A little gift for Oidhche Challainn. I've uploaded Logan's Bonnie Woods and Braes into the Files section of the group. This tune appears in the...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Dec 27, 2008 5:04 pm
993	Alasdair, It is also in Gow's Vocal Melodies of Scotland under the name Logan Water. I believe that book was published in 1822, but I am not positive about the...	Janet Kurnick janet_kurnick	Dec 28, 2008 10:23 am
994	Dear Janet, You're right, it's also known as Logan Water but also under a plethora of other names. It's in so many editions that I'd hoped to find it amongst...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Dec 28, 2008 5:12 pm
995	Ah - I understand. I just assumed any book from this era had a fabricated piano bass line. I think you have far greater resources for researching this sort of...	janet_kurnick	Dec 28, 2008 6:58 pm
996	... http://www.wighton.sol.co.uk/detail.cfm?id=104...	simon@... simonchadwick	Dec 28, 2008 7:36 pm
997	A chàirdean, It looks like Albyn's Anthology isn't the explanation for the Gaelic harmony in Logan' Bonnie Woods and Braes then; at least, not directly....	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Dec 28, 2008 10:48 pm
998	A chàirdean, I checked Albyn's Anthology today and it is by no means an explanation for the harmony of Logan's Bonnie Woods and Braes so the bass of Logan's...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Dec 30, 2008 7:27 pm
999	Is there any indication that any of the parties involved in any of these publications had anything to do with harpers? I've gotten so used to the skeletal...	Janet Kurnick janet_kurnick	Dec 31, 2008 3:33 pm
1000	Dear Janet, I don't know if you've read my Gaelic harmony articles but they were partly written to show that there were some ways of harmonising in Scotland...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Dec 31, 2008 8:06 pm
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

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