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Thread #53024 Message #928489
Posted By: Mark Cohen
08-Apr-03 - 04:46 AM
Thread Name: Fiddler player yells
Subject: RE: Fiddler player yells
Well, Chanteyranger, I've always understood "Key!" to mean, "Somebody get me the key to the restroom, I have to go NOW!" "G" (or "Gee!") means, I believe, "Everybody scoot your chair a few inches to the left, I'm about to fall off the stage." ("Haw!" is the same thing, but "to the right.") "C" means "I feel a cold coming on; may I have a large glass of orange juice, please?". And "E", which is generally stretched out over several bars, with a rising inflection, means, "You just spilled your tea in my lap." I'm sure there are local variations, of course.
Aloha,
Mark