strathspey@strathspey.org:44865

Bryan McAlister

Re: Two chords

March 24, 2006, 10:54 a.m. (Message 44865, in reply to message 44856)

Presumably...
You also hope that people will want to listen to the music for its own 
sake.
Your first concern is that the CD tracks are musically of a high 
standard and each track stands on its own one that basis.

This being the case why would yo even consider the insertion of a lumpen 
additional chord before a track.

Remember you are the musician and the dancers dance to YOUR tune. If the 
music is good they'll want to dance.

In message <006b01c64e53$756ede10$xxxxxxxx@xxxxx>, Audrey Emmett 
<xxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx> writes
>The response to my question on the value of two chords has been most 
>gratifying. My thanks to everyone who has taken the time to pass on 
>their opinion.
>
>Much of the discussion on the 2 chord issue has revolved around  social 
>situations where the music is being played live. Here in Western 
>Australia we rarely have that luxury and depend almost entirely on 
>recorded music for classes and social functions. So, when considering 
>the production of our Cd, we will naturally have a tendency to let 
>local conditions influence our decisions. Hence the call to 
>Strathspeyers for a global perspective!
>
>With live music, the MC, local custom, band leader etc, can decide to 
>include or withhold the second chord. The deviser of the dances in our 
>book has commented that he is quite happy for groups to decide for 
>themselves whether they use 1 or 2 chords for his four couple dances.
>
>Our concern is how leaving out the second chords will affect the sale 
>and use of our Cd. There will be more than one dance where two chords 
>could be used. Does anyone have any thoughts specifically on the 
>perspective of two chords and recorded music.
>
>Again, my thanks in anticipation...

-- 
Bryan McAlister