The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #119547   Message #2610826
Posted By: Jim Carroll
14-Apr-09 - 07:08 AM
Thread Name: 1954 and All That - defining folk music
Subject: RE: 1954 and All That - defining folk music
Crow Sister,
Keeping pitch in unnaccompanied singing can be notoriously difficult
Hand over ear certainly helps.
I think it first came into use in the UK via A L Lloyd who picked it up from Rumanian singers (can't be too sure of this though)
Jim Carroll