my repertoire
my repertoire
i have come to the following conclusion
1. there are tunes i know that i know i know
2. there are tunes i know that i've forgotten that i know
3. there are some tunes i don't know that i know i don't know
4. there are tunes i don't know that i don't even know i don't know
all the best
john
1. there are tunes i know that i know i know
2. there are tunes i know that i've forgotten that i know
3. there are some tunes i don't know that i know i don't know
4. there are tunes i don't know that i don't even know i don't know
all the best
john
Re: my repertoire
I've got a fifth category, and those are the tunes that you don't know that you know, although you know them.
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The hieland bagpipes make a din
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Re: my repertoire
My entire repertoire now seems to consist of tunes titled "What Was That?"
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Re: my repertoire
I'm trying to get a running joke going at t'Folk Club with the line "Don't play that one, play the other one!"
It's not going well so far.
It's not going well so far.
Yup. And every tune I know is confused with another one I know equally well (or badly). The chance of me playing the right one is 50%.My entire repertoire now seems to consist of tunes titled "What Was That?"
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Re: my repertoire
How about "Fashionable, recently composed tunes that just plain suck but get played anyway because some respected performer composed them?'
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Re: my repertoire
That's almost as bad as "Old, traditional tunes that just plain suck but get played because some respected performer played them."Pat Cannady wrote:How about "Fashionable, recently composed tunes that just plain suck but get played anyway because some respected performer composed them?'
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Re: my repertoire
And don't get me started on the "and there goes my respect" part.MTGuru wrote:That's almost as bad as "Old, traditional tunes that just plain suck but get played because some respected performer played them."Pat Cannady wrote:How about "Fashionable, recently composed tunes that just plain suck but get played anyway because some respected performer composed them?'
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Re: my repertoire
If all you crave is novelty, you're wasting your time playing trad music. Instead you should be figuring out a way to be like this person
Re: my repertoire
that would be an "interesting" look for him
do ya really think he could pull it off?
do ya really think he could pull it off?
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It's dizzying, the possibilities. Ashes, Ashes all fall down.
It's dizzying, the possibilities. Ashes, Ashes all fall down.
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Re: my repertoire
Pat? "Elfin" just ain't him.Denny wrote:that would be an "interesting" look for him
do ya really think he could pull it off?
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Re: my repertoire
didn't look like an elf to me
Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
It's dizzying, the possibilities. Ashes, Ashes all fall down.
It's dizzying, the possibilities. Ashes, Ashes all fall down.
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Re: my repertoire
No I don't do elfin at all. Lumpy, dark, and ogre like, yes.
I guess I went a bit OTT with the Gaga pic. Sorry.
Carry on folks.
I guess I went a bit OTT with the Gaga pic. Sorry.
Carry on folks.
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Re: my repertoire
Probably a good call. Take it from me ... piping in a veil is a b****.
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Re: my repertoire
Sorry Pat, I wouldn't recognize Lady Gaga if she bit me on the arse, so to speak. So I'm afraid your feminizing insult was lost on me. Sorry.Pat Cannady wrote:If all you crave is novelty, you're wasting your time playing trad music. Instead you should be figuring out a way to be like this person
If all you crave is antiquity, you're wasting your time playing trad music. Instead you should be figuring out a way to open a museum. And mind the dust.
The point being that statements like these, that can be turned around so easily and make just as much sense, are basically vacuous. Set up a straw man like "all you crave is novelty", then knock it down. Easy peasy.
How about: If you think that the traditional folk process involves something other than ordinary people playing tunes that they, um, you know, like - whether they be new or old, and constantly renewing the repertoire - then I can recommend a few ethnomusicology courses.
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Re: my repertoire
[quote="MTGuru"]
...... basically vacuous.
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Now there's a concept I can get my head around!
...... basically vacuous.
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Now there's a concept I can get my head around!