alexboydell’s sixty-two comments

Musictime de luxe from Gvox was the easiest I found which gives a good clear print out which is most important more…

I have used MUSICTIME DE LUXE 3.5.5 for some years now, fairly straightforward,and fine for Trad Music where one does not require complex score writing.. from GVOX Interactive Music. more…

Another version of this tune? more…

Ref the Browne Manuscript......go to www.village-music-project.org.uk...then the Manuscript Room and look under "B" for the Brown Family MSS. Here you will get all the details about this Cumbrian family's music collection. Hope this is useful -The tunes a... more…

The traditional English Morris instrument was the Whistle and Dub...The whistle was a three hole pipe with a little finger hook which could be played with one hand. The Dub was a small drum hung round the neck banged with the other hand. more…

A remark from a Northumbrian Piper..."I love the sound of the highland bagpipe in the distance,...... and the highlands are just about the right distance!! more…

This reminds me of a violin I found once at a car boot sale in East Anglia, it played reasonably when i was learning but eventually the neck became loose so i took it apart and i found that inside there was clearly stamped RED CROSS! The scroll looked as ... more…

I seem to play this jolly tune quite a lot..but suprised not to find it recorded anywhere. more…

Thank you for all your interest in my little tune. more…

In reply to the two posts.. Its not the Eileen Aroon tunes in the Fiddlers tune book way my Grand mother's family origionally came from Skye. so I think its most likely a Scottish tune. more…