bwat’s sixteen comments
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Re: Is it a sin to play a hornpipe as a reel?
> Composed Trad tunes almost inevitably de-compose. more…
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Re: Is it a sin to play a hornpipe as a reel?
> You can´t compose trad tunes… more…
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Re: Musical interests of your session mates outside the innermost circle of ITM relevancy
> Questions about “ideals” or motivation are themselves, by definition and with respect, irrelevant. more…
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Re: Had to share this . . .
The hypocricy is your admonishing others with regards to comparison of two performances which you then go on to do yourself, twice. more…
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Re: Had to share this . . .
> are we supposed to make an unfavourable comparison between the Texas Gaelic Youth Choir and the pub sess more…
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Re: The seemingly recurring death of slow seisuns
> That way, you’re still playing slowly, but you’re actually playing music. more…
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Re: Tin whistle: Scales and Arpeggios
It’s not just about pattern recognition and manipulation. Here are some quotes from two former professors at the Conservatoire de Paris on scales and appreggios: more…
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Re: Egg or Hen …
@Choons Tunes vary around the world as well. Variance really isn’t a reason for precedence I don’t think. more…
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Re: All Ireland champions hon limerick
> I object to the notion that to play Trad Irish music one has to mawkishly relish anything that is remotely ‘Irish’ more…
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Re: Tech help needed for music notation in Word
Are you wedded to Word? If not, what about typesetting with LaTeX and lillypond. See the following: more…