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Post by ishtar on Dec 30, 2008 21:53:28 GMT
What do you like about Scottish music? What makes it special for you? What are the defining features of Scottish music (for example, how does it differ from Irish?)? There. Just wondering.  |
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Post by Dick Glasgow on Dec 30, 2008 22:12:42 GMT
Well, being born in Scotland, I grew up hearing Scottish Music all around. I was 18 before I moved to Ireland for the first time & heard Irish Music for the first time, too! However, I only became interested in learning to play Trad music after being exposed to Irish Music & that's the music I've mostly played for the over 30 years now. That said, I've always played Scottish Music too & what I especially like about playing it, is that I don't feel the same pressure to stick in so many grace notes all over the place, so it sounds great when played pretty straight. I also love all those spaces you can leave in the music, which is kinda the same thing I suppose, as lack of grace notes. I always felt Irish Music flowed, while Scottish music was more jaggy! ....... Sorry for getting all technical on you Ishtar! ;D There you are then , at least that's one answer to your questions. Don't know if any of that made any sense though ....  Cheers Dick |
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Post by ishtar on Dec 31, 2008 4:40:45 GMT
Don't know if any of that made any sense though .... Cheers Dick Perfect sense! Growing up in Scotland I took Scottish music for granted and never really thought much about it. My musical experience in England then put it in a wider context - barn dance music is a mixed bag from all sorts of sources. But Scottish was still there, and still a valid and recognisable tradition. In France I find that only Irish is known, pretty much to the exclusion of all the others. People just don't know that Scotland has its own music, or its own language. Mind you, they don't know about Morris Dancing either!  So from being one among equals, I find myself fighting this rearguard action, but to do that, I've had to think about how (and why) Scottish music is different. Our Scottish ceilidhs, trying to dance to Irish music have been an eye-opener, lol! ;D Disclaimer: I know it's a generalisation above, but generalisations are generally true.  |
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Post by Dick Glasgow on Dec 31, 2008 8:26:00 GMT
That reminds me of living in West Berlin, in the early 1980s, & meeting people from Turkey who knew England & Ireland but they had never even heard of Scotland. To them, the name England meant the whole island! You can imagine how proud that made me feel!  Cheers Dick |
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