The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #142044   Message #3271989
Posted By: greg stephens
11-Dec-11 - 08:53 AM
Thread Name: Thomas Hardy's iPod
Subject: RE: Thomas Hardy's iPod
I have to say that I found aspects of ther programme very disappointing indeed, though I am glad they had a crack at it, and glad the BBC felt it worth putting on. A bit I found particularly annoying, like the previous poster, was the expression of patronising surprise that someone knowing folk music could read music. I have spent most of my life(on and off) researching fiddlers' MS notebooks, so I can assure the makers of this programme that a knowledge of musical notation is in no way unusual among folk musicians in England.