The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #173694   Message #4212675
Posted By: GUEST,Steve Shaw
02-Dec-24 - 06:00 AM
Thread Name: “Lamentable Fiddlers” in Sandy Bell's Bar…
Subject: RE: “Lamentable Fiddlers” in Sandy Bell's Bar…
He had the gift of seeing through bullshit. That's a positive, not a negative. I had a large collection of tune books but I gave the whole lot away a quarter of a century ago. The notation of a traditional tune on a page is far less than bare bones. It's precisely what a beginner, or an experienced musician just starting out with traditional music, doesn't need. I don't know what Capt. O'Neill was thinking of!