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Mike Nielsen (mike.nielsen@dol.net)
Sat, 19 Oct 1996 21:48:47 -0400

Andrew Colquhoun wrote:
>
>
> >What I am wondering is, do you think that in olden times, the musicians
> >played these songs "straight" or "jazz" style?
> >
> I'm not a betting man but... I betcha that they improvised constantly... I
> grew up in Scotland and even today no two people sing or play exactly alike.
> They all add their own flavor to the piece.

Andrew,

I am thinking more along the lines of playing some sort of alternate
melody against the chords after playing it straight. By that I mean not
just different accents or some flourishes, but a new set of basic notes
built on the same scale. Is that also considered part of the tradition?

Mike