Subject: RE: Does it matter what music is called?
From: Tootler - PM
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 05:30 PM

Interesting article.
ha bloddy ha,since when has Madam Bonaparte,been a reel,its a set dance played as a hornpipe,whoever wrote this is an ignoramus.
however Glueman is right to a certain extent,the sound of traditional english ,scottish, irish, welsh, folk music,does have narrow boundaries the melodies are restricted to four modes,the major ,mixolydian dorian and aeolian,once you start using other modes it no longer sounds authentic.
flamenco music uses different modes,and to try and write an authentic sounding tune and pass it off as english, scottish, Irish, Welsh,would not be convincing.
Jimmy Miller [Ewan Maccoll],was quite fond of the Dorian mode,and his songs are well written,and sound as if their roots are melodically in his native tradition.Dick Miles