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14 Apr 00 - 09:46 AM (#211636) Subject: Pre 1794 Scottish tunes for Flageolette? From: Fortunato Help friends: I know almost nothing of Scottish tunes. Please suggest a few that a young Scot might have played to his lass on the flageolette circa 1794. Thank you. regards, Fortunato |
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14 Apr 00 - 10:26 AM (#211653) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Pre 1776 Scottish tunes for Flageol From: IanC Robert Burns was born 1759, so any of his songs would do. They were mostly set to traditional tunes and he collected songs, tunes etc. Try "My love is like a red, red rose" or "A parting glass" Cheers! IanC PS would he have had a flageolette??? |
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14 Apr 00 - 11:12 AM (#211673) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Pre 1776 Scottish tunes for Flageol From: GUEST,Bruce O. See the Scots tune index on my Website. All are 1794 or earlier. www.erols.com/olsonw |
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14 Apr 00 - 02:29 PM (#211784) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Pre 1776 Scottish tunes for Flageol From: GUEST Yes IanC. I think he would, they would have been available if not as familiar as the penny whistle and fife. Does anyone disagree? Regards Fortunato. |
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14 Apr 00 - 02:29 PM (#211786) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Pre 1776 Scottish tunes for Flageol From: GUEST Yes IanC. I think he would, they would have been available if not as familiar as the penny whistle and fife. Does anyone disagree? Bruce O. Thanks muchly. Regards Fortunato. |
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15 Apr 00 - 04:09 AM (#212143) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Pre 1776 Scottish tunes for Flageol From: Bob Bolton G'day Fortunato, I think that, at 1776, the flageolet would have been relatively common, the recorder was going out of use in preference to the more powerful cross-blown flute, piccolo and fife but the flageolet seems to have survived as an amateur instrument right through. (The recorder was revived in the early 1900s.) The tin whistle is a product of the industrial age and probably did not exist in any form in 1776, although its immediate ancestors, simple six tone-hole whistles of wood, were common and are in an unbroken line back, at least, to neolithic whistles of wood, bone and reed. The flageolet seems to have still been around in the Victorian age as the "Shepherd's Flute" (probably a fanciful name) because of the soft intonation that came from its bulbous air chamber above the fipple 'balancing out' the air pressure and producing a quiet flowing melody, so it may well have been very appropriate for a young man to play to his love. Regards, Bob Bolton |
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15 Apr 00 - 05:39 PM (#212376) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Pre 1776 Scottish tunes for Flageol From: GUEST,guest, leeneia I own a flageolet, and I must say it's $60 ill-spent. It has a range of only 8 notes, which is pretty small for traditional dance tunes. Do you have any tips for getting the higher notes out of a flageolet? |