The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #51176   Message #779982
Posted By: An Croenen
09-Sep-02 - 05:03 PM
Thread Name: Many-voiced folk songs
Subject: RE: Many-voiced folk songs
Somehow the message I sent yesterday didn't reach its destination - so apologies for being late in thanking you all for your suggestions. I will follow them up , which should keep me busy for a while... I never tried singing blues in call-response format with someone else. Must try. So: instead of repeating the same line as some of these blues do, someone else repeats it? Is that how it works? I grew up in Belgium and although my family was well into folk music, I still have a lot to learn and discover. So far I have worked with songs from all over the world in my groups, but very few English/Irish traditionals. Being from Belgium I used to fear it would be a bit like teaching a (potentially expert!) dog how to bark, but now I think that there's a lot of fun to be had with these songs and I enjoy being on the learning side. Thank you very much to you all, An