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Thread #110424   Message #2449566
Posted By: WalkaboutsVerse
25-Sep-08 - 07:00 AM
Thread Name: England's National Musical-Instrument?
Subject: RE: England's National Musical-Instrument?
You're still calling me a woody Englishman, Woody, and, as for my essays, I've kept those papers in a folder, Terry, but, frankly, have other things to do before thinking about typing them onto the web; e.g, I'm still working out the tunes, using my tenor English-flute and keys, to my 17 "Chants from Walkabouts"; incidentally, for a while I was asking folks about "Finale" software to help with this but, although slow compared with some of the folkies I've met, I'm okay now - via mimicking my singing.
Then Ralphie went further than Woody - "WAV is not English!", even after my response to this matter, above.
Oldguit - for what it's worth, I think I'll add "spoons" to the list on my site, which has already changed slightly, due to this this discussion, from what Pip took the liberty of posting here at - Date: 25 Sep 08 - 05:12 AM. And to Pip - you forgot that folk is not the only English genre (how about our hymns and composer music) and/or didn't READ the titles properly, which don't have the word "traditional" in them; indeed, on the up-to-date list, you'll find the stylophone...
But not the Hohner Pokerwork, DaveM - the melodeon being of Viennese origin; although, like the Italian fiddle/violin, played a lot in England nowadays.