I dare say there will be no one to say you can't.
Best wishes, John Lozier, Harping for Harmony
On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Mike
Nielsen wrote:
> 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
>