The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #63229 Message #1025763
Posted By: The Fooles Troupe
28-Sep-03 - 07:46 AM
Thread Name: should the mandolin/banjoist play with e
Subject: RE: Folklore: should the mandolin/banjoist play with e
oops, left s bit out
"2) They couldn't join in with the (Portsmouth Synfonia Style) tuneless fast paced racket."
should have read "2) They couldn't join in with the (Portsmouth Synfonia Style) tuneless fast paced racket that was the normal sound the session produced. The sound became fatiguing after a while. The jigs and reels were played so fast that you couldn't tell one tune from another. Great technical showoff, but totally tuneless, lacking in phrasing and expression. There was one fiddle player though, when he played, he would take things slower, and it was delightful - you could hear the phrasing, etc."