The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #82537   Message #1512178
Posted By: Joe Offer
28-Jun-05 - 11:28 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Dan Malone (correction)
Subject: RE: made up lyrycs
When I was a spy listening to phone calls in Berlin, we used "u/i" for "unidentified"; "B-val" (B-value) for stuff we were pretty sure of, "C-Val" for stuff we were not so sure of.
"Unident" works for me, but u/i is easier. I like the B-val, C-val stuff for classifying guesses. Transcribing folk songs by ear is often like listening to phone calls and trying to make out what people are saying.
-Joe Offer-