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Dragon Tales/Creature Kinships
P.O. Box 347
Norwich, Vermont 05055 U.S.A.
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handling. Please make checks payable to Cynthia J Crawford.
The music is transcribed directly from the lute tablature, and trans-
posed from mostly F and Bb key signatures, to C and G with one F key sig.
IMO it ranges from quite easy to moderately difficult. A lot depends on
how you play it, i.e. fast, embellished, etc. It is lovely just as it is
for beginners, and can be played with great virtuosity, as can be heard
on various recordings. This is some of the music on Robin Williamson's
two albums "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers", on Scottish lute recordings
by Ronn McFarlane, Jakob Lindberg, Paul O'Dette, the Baltimore Consort,
and the Rowallen Consort, with Bill Taylor, wire harp. and Robert Phillips,
lute.
My husband, Wayne Cripps, has published all of the music in 2 volumes
written in lute tablature in original keys. My intention is to make the
music available to a broader range of players, in keys common to most
harp players,( myself being a harpist.) The notation is in treble and
bass clef. I have avoided those pieces with a lot of chromatic changes-
perhaps in a later book...
Thank you for your interest. I have had many requests for info. and orders.
I will try to answer individual questions not covered in this message as
soon as possible.
If you want to chat about something please feel free to contact me at
cindy@cs.dartmouth.edu
Answers to frequently asked questions:
This is a book of music transcribed from the Straloch and Rowalllan
lute manuscripts with a short introduction, bibliography, discography and
music reference. I expect to write more about this music for
various journals at a later date. I will post a notice when that occurs.
There will be a short article (from my introduction) in the upcoming
Scottish Harp Journal, with one musical sample.
The Music
Straloch
Rowallan
Dragon Tales, P.O. Box 347, Norwich VT, 05055 USA