jack campin,doesnt like Matt Seattles version of Lindisfarne,sorry Matt never mind that you wrote it,mr campin is going to play it in 10/8 time,in the key of c#,IT DOESNT MATTER THAT IT WAS YOUR CREATIVE OUTPUT.

I usually play it on an Italian-type ocarina, and while I can do it in D, the one I like best for it puts that tune into F#. And Matt is now working with a percussionist trained in Middle Eastern rhythms. Must try to put it into semai metre (a form of 10/8) before I see Matt next. I suspect I could sell him on the idea.


I have decided the congress reel should be played as a SLIP JIG who cares if its composer meant it to be a hornpipe or a reel

If you start legislating about tunes that old, you're going to rule out a hell of a lot of the traditional repertoire. I take you are now going to stop playing "Out on the Ocean" or "The Musical Priest", both of which are Irish adaptations of very well documented and much older Scottish tunes? (Personally, I think "Out on the Ocean" is an improvement, "The Musical Priest" not, but I wouldn't dream of telling anybody not to play either).