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Thread #36330   Message #502740
Posted By: pavane
10-Jul-01 - 02:45 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ffarwel i aberystwyth
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ffarwel i aberystwyth
Only trouble with the Eisteddfod is that everyone is playing the same tunes. If the judges don't recognise a tune, you get marked down because they think it isn't Welsh.
Having said that, many of the tunes in Welsh collections are very similar to English tunes (Which came first, I can't tell). Mwmpwy (is that right?) Porteynon (Porteynon Whim) is remarkably like the Grand Hornpipe, and Galch Gwyn Morgannwg is similar to the White Joke.