May 26, 2006, 4:15 p.m. (Message 45398, in reply to message 45395)
That's great -- I guess that just shows that it's rare to hear hornpipey hornpipes. It's that trick of doing a tune with the lift and bounce of a Highland strathspey and the speed of a reel. I know what you mean about being able to hear what makes a tune a hornpipe, but it is hard to quantify or qualify. I think that the amount of discussion on this topic just goes to show the difficulty in distinguishing one thing from another here. - James -