http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/ Hail & well met to Bardic Arts! Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:15:47 GMT Arsieu de Bordeaux http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8642 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8642 ... Never thought of that. Hmmm... ... Heehee, now that would be funny, and I've done this with other songs before, so now I'm going to have to try it with Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:05:35 GMT Arsieu de Bordeaux http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8641 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8641 ... Go for it, absolutely! *faints* No one's ever asked to perform one of my pieces before, I'm honored. If you'll be at Pennsic, we're camped at N-19 and the Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:51:52 GMT storybard@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8640 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8640 Dear All Poking my head out one more time before Pennsic (vacation, unless I need to edit the book while I play) . I am writing to ask one more time for Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:30:40 GMT jenny tavernier http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8639 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8639 Hey youse guys - banjo riffs can be banjoed, IF you remember that NOT all "banjos" are an american invention from the minstrel days, but if you go W A Y Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:17:08 GMT David Friedman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8638 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8638 ... Note that one can't count on folk tales being period. That doesn't mean you can't use them, of course, but it is a distinction worth making. There are, Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:38:09 GMT Victor Singleton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8637 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8637 ... My Lord Arseiu, Could you please allow me to do this at a bardic in the near future (TBD)? I think I can work out some pseudo banjo riffs on my germanic Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:32:20 GMT Victor Singleton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8636 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8636 ... Owain Phyfe sings a Ukrainian song on the Tales from the Vineyard album. I have no idea how period it is nor do I know where to get the words. Sometimes a Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:25:49 GMT David Friedman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8635 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8635 If you are only interested in music, I can't help you, but there are a few good period Russian stories. One about a porridge well, another about setting a city Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:26:12 GMT Mark Cipra http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8634 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8634 In fact I think there's a class for you this Pennsic ... "Period Sources for Russian Bards", currently scheduled for 8/3 and 8/5. Mark Cipra __ "When in doubt, Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:34:08 GMT corrie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8633 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8633 There are a great many wonderful folktales from Russia. The Hut of Baba Yaga, The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, and so on. A brief search for Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:29:19 GMT Rurik http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8632 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8632 An awful lot of information from that region became very unavailable after 1917, and it got worse after 1945. Since 1988 more information has been getting out, Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:57:13 GMT Ld Alexander von Ness http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8631 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8631 A folk song would work perfectly!! I was surprised at how difficult it was to find any period Russian pieces. Now I see why. :) As Always, HL Alexander Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:01:40 GMT Sydney Walker Freedman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8630 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8630 What sort of piece are you looking for? The only surviving Russian music from the Middle Ages that I know of is church music--Orthodox chant. Would a folk song Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:55:43 GMT Ld Alexander von Ness http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8629 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8629 Greetings all!! My name is Alexander. I am searching for a good Russian bardic piece. If anybody has any good (or even not-so-good) suggestions. I would be Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:31:55 GMT Arsieu de Bordeaux http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8628 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/message/8628 ... Aw, now ya made me blush. :) ... Certain syllables are held, aye, certain verses scan right if ya sing 'em just so... ... More? You want *gasp* MORE?!?!?!?