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Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 09:38:31 -0500 
From: Eli Brian Goldberg <eg1n+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: banjos?

>Send replys to: Joe.Bethancourt@f72.n114.z1.fidonet.org
> 
> -=> Usenet said to All on 12-10-92  18:01 <=-
> 
> Us> Organization: Sophomore, H&SS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh,

> Us> Does anybody here play the banjo or is anybody on the net familiar
> Us> with them?
> 
>        <EVIL HAPPY GRIN!>
> 
>hehe! Banjo happens to be my favorite instrument.....I own a collection
>of quite a few of varying ages.....

<ANOTHER EVIL HAPPY GRIN!>

Thanks for all the information --- I already checked out Pete Seeger's
banjo book [is it still in print, or must I go xerox it and mail him a check
for royalties? :-] --- it's almost as if I'd had learned the banjo, improved
my writing skills , and then written a book about it! ;-)  Wonderful stuff!
I also checked out _That Half Barbaric Twang_ which was an interesting history
of the banjo.
   
> Us> to falling in love...enough said? ;-)  Is there a reason that I
> Us> haven't seen banjos at filksings at all?  Is there some "hidden flaw"
> Us> to them or weak spot that isn't apparent from 5 minutes of
> Us> fiddling...err..finger-picking? How much does a reasonable (i.e. an
> Us> instrument I wouldn't MIND playing and SOUNDS GOOD) instrument cost?
> Us> Are there any good standard book/tape courses for learning the banjo?
> 
>Well, to start with, there are two kinds of 5-string banjo: resonator type
>(with the covered back) usually found in bluegrass bands and the like, and
>the open-back sort, usually referred to as "folk" style. Whichever you prefer
>depends on you.


> Us> Is it possible for somebody who knows guitar-purchasing and playing
> Us> very well to actually know how to select a good banjo? [No, I'm *NOT*
> Us> refering to myself in this statement!!!]
> 
>No. Banjos have different needs and restrictions. For a rule-of-thumb: if
>it is a modern-made banjo, look for one that is -heavy-. This means that the
>metal tone-ring (inside the wooden ring between the head and wooden ring) is
>solid bell-brass. Good names are Deering, Gibson, Ome (one of the best),
>Wildwood (another one of the best) & Stelling. Older Vegas (made in America)
>are excellent, as are the older Odes, if you can find one. For Oriental made
>banjos, Ibanez makes an excellent banjo indeed. Most Korean made banjos are
>P.O.S., and Hohner/Hofner (Germany) banjos are terrible.

That helps a lot, thanks!  Unfortunately, I don't know any banjo players in
the MD area at all, so I suspect I'll either (at worst) go to House of
Musical Traditions alone and try to pick one out and hope they're honest
[they're the local folk music store and have a _very_ good reputation], or
at best, go with a pro guitarist who hopefully could figure out banjos very
quickly and help me find a good one... ;-)
 
... BANJO: The most fun you can have with your clothes on
  
Thanks again!
 
           Hate is not a traditional family value: Boycott Colorado! 
 Internet: eg1n@andrew.cmu.edu Filknet: "Hey, you with the 12-string guitar!"
 SnailMail: Eli Goldberg, Box 4352, 5115 Margaret Morrison Rd, Pitt, PA 15213
From: Mary.Creasey@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: It's Snowtime!
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 18 Dec 92 08:21:57

You think _you're_ badly off--what about my poor LA-born-and-raised
husband, who's now IN MD (mundane job TDY) and isn't even used to 
ONE snowflake?


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From: Kay.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Mob Song
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 09 Dec 92  09:03:30

On <Dec 07 08:32>, William Hughes (1:387/255) wrote to Kay Shapero:

KS>                               MOB
  >                       Words: Kay Shapero
  >     Tune: "Madcoil's Song" by Mercedes Lackey & Julia Eklar

 WH>Kay, this is one of the things I was talking about last month. 
 WH>I've
 WH>never heard "Madcoil's Song"...

Well since Julia has forbidden posting of her songs (and I assume this
includes music) I can't post it here - but then I shouldn't have to - it's on 
Wolfrider's Reflections which is very much back in print from WaRP.  The
Creaseys have it, and probably a lot of the other dealers as well. 

--- msged 2.06
From: Harry.Smothers@f281.n120.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: My last two songs...
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 18 Dec 92  18:26:00

 On 12-14-92 Major Matt Mason wrote to Harry Smothers... 
 
 MM> On 12/13/92, Harry Smothers said to All concerning My last two

 MM> songs...: 
 MM> 
 MM>   HS> I have seen no responses - did the mail packer eat them? 
 MM> 
 MM> Apparently.  Please resend. 
 
NOW this is getting weird - they got as far as Scott Malcolmson and not 
to you?  OK, I'll repost anyhow. 
 
... OFFLINE 1.41 * Click ... click ... click ... damn, out of taglines! 

--- DCQwk/T.A.G.  1.5
From: Harry.Smothers@f281.n120.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Help!!!! Need Filk Info f
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 18 Dec 92  18:31:00

 On 12-16-92 Usenet wrote to All... 
 
 U > Organization: Bowling Green State University 
 U > From: sdavido@opie.bgsu.edu 
 U > Message-ID: <1992Dec17.010948.1@opie.bgsu.edu> 
 U > Newsgroups: alt.music.filk 
 U > 
 U > Help! 
 U > 
 U > I'm a graduate student in Popular Culture at Bowling Green State 
 U > University, 
 U > who is working on what is supposed to become teh first "scholarly" 
 U > definition paper on Filk Music. Needless to say, supposrt is not high 
 U > from everyone here, most of whom want to know why I think no one knows 
 U > enough about "Folk Music." 
 U > 
 U > I'd dearly love any information that can be sent to me, either over 
 U > the net, or preferably by Paper Snail Mail. My addresses are: 
 U > 
 U > SDAVIDO@OPIE.BGSU.EDU 
 U > 
 U > and 
 U > 
 U > Solomon Davidoff 
 U > Department of Popular Culture 
 U > bowling Green State Universtiy 
 U > Bowling green, OH 43402 
 U > 
 U > Thanks for your help! 
 U > 
 U > -Solomon 
 
Now we're really confused.  The previous posts decided that the Popular 
Culture Library at the OTHER Bowling Green (a.k.a., Western Kentucky 
University) got the masters from Off Centaur Publications.  Now we find 
<?> that it's a bit further north than expected... 
 
What are you hoping to define?  "What is Filk?"  It can't be done.  The 
basic, bottom line definition appears to be "Filk music is what filkers 
sing/play." 
 
... OFFLINE 1.41 * Me, a skeptic?  Do you have any proof of that? 

--- DCQwk/T.A.G.  1.5
From: Scott.Malcomson@f110.n114.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Scientific explanations of warp drive
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 13 Dec 92  13:54:00

 Major Matt Mason denied allegations of involvement with Sherman Dorn over
Scientific explanations of warp drive:
 MMM> ROFL!

I concur. Whoop!


---LCD


... "I say we grenadine the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
--- Blue Wave/QBBS v2.10
From: Sherman.Dorn@p6.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: lords of the dance
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 14 Dec 92  22:40:23

On <12 Dec 92  11:49>, Bill Roper scribbled the following to All:

 BR> Clif Flynt and I wrote this after one verse too many of "Lord of
 BR> the Dance" at one Chambanacon...

ROFL!

     Stop, stop, wherever you may be
     for we are SICK of the Dance, you see.
     We'll trip you up if you dance loudly
     for we are SICK of the Dance, you see.
--- via XCS 1.00
From: Allan.Burrows@f338.n250.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: We Three Kings
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 13 Dec 92  12:35:19

MKK> Ahh.  And the version I learned went:
MKK>       We three kings of Orient are.
MKK>       Tried to smoke a rubber cigar.
MKK>       It was loaded, and exploded,
MKK>       That was the end of us

MKK> It really does scan pretty well...

        Mm hmm. Pity about the rhyme scheme. (-: Three with one cigar; it
must have been a cuban! (strong that is)
                Allan

--- Blue Wave/Max v0.7 Q-Blue
From: Mary.Creasey@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Waltzing Matilda
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 12 Dec 92 09:34:24

"Waltzing Matilda" is probably Australia's most popular song (at 
least here) but it is NOT the anthem; that's "Advance, Australia 
Fair".


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From: Kay.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: My last two songs...
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 16 Dec 92  09:25:12

On <Dec 13 12:10>, Harry Smothers (1:120/281@fidonet) wrote to All:

 HS>It has been a week and a half since I posted my last two songs, 
 HS>Hopeless Warren (-or- Spaceship Down) and Temperature of Roast 
 HS>Filk.  I have seen no responses - did the mail packer eat them?  
 HS>I have a response from Tom Smith to my Temperature of Roast Filk, 
 HS>but it won't do anyone any good to read it if they haven't seen 
 HS>mine..

I saw it - even grabbed a copy for my personal files.  Please DO show the
response! 

--- msged 2.06
From: Mary.Kay.Kare@f219.n143.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: bribes
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 15 Dec 92  21:58:00

Sorry, be we've got 2 menorrahs already, and before you go offering kids as
bribes you might want to find out if the bribee in fact wants them. :-)

NEXT!!!

--- RA/FD/FMail-Great Stuff
From: Sherman.Dorn@p6.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Jan LAFA Filk
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 08 Dec 92  12:21:11

On <06 Dec 92  06:01>, Deborah Weiss scribbled the following to Sherman Dorn:

 DW> Sorry, wrong week....it's on Saturday,
 DW> 16 January 1993, at Filkerville Hall

Aaaargh!  No, can't change the tickets.  <Sigh>.
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From: Joel.Polowin@p4.f107.n249.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: All these x-mas filks are making
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 17 Dec 92  19:09:18

In a message of <08 Dec 92>, Sherman Dorn writes to Mike Liebmann:

 ML>> remember, when you go about x-mas-ing,
 ML>> there are those who don't x-mas, and
 ML>> try to remember to wish them whatever, be
 ML>> it Hanukkah (which starts at sundown

 SD> I'm currently working on (or letting idle) a Lehreresque one on
 SD> Greedfest (as Elizabeth and I call December holidays-run-amok).  ---

Hanukkah is here by golly
To protest now would be folly
Celebrate with hunks of challah
Fill the cup and don't say "when"...

--- GoldED 2.31
From: be726@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph A. Ellis Jr.)
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Request for obscure lyrics of old
Date: 16 Dec 1992 01:46:10 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: be726@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph A. Ellis Jr.)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, hjfeld@acs.bu.edu (harold feld) says:

>Random request time:
>This talk of Julia Ecklar reminded me that I have
>always wanted to track down a piece she did once
>called SPOCK PACIFIC.  It was a musical parody of
>Star Trek III.  Many years ago, someone gave me a
>bad second generation copy they'd made at the con
>where it had been performed.  I played the thing to 
>death long ago.  If anyone knows where I might obtain'
>a copy, I should be very grateful.  (Lord knows none
>of the dealers I've asked have any clue what I'm
>talking about.)
>No, I'm sorry, I don't know what con it was, or even
>when it was.  Just that it was pre-89.
>Hopefully,
>Harold
>
>

Well, the reason that noe of the dealers ever heard of it is that it was never
_released_ as a recording... Spock Pacific, as well as the other productions of
The Fish and Ships Players, were _live_ dramatic productions only...

Hmmm... mebbe we SHOULD get back together and record them! The other shows were:

Wrath Side Story
Spock Pacific
Poppin' Fresh Trek
The Once and Future Jedi
Planet of the Blond Jogging Bimbos

They were a _lot_ of fun, but the group now lives in 3 or more states, and it's a bit hard to get together to write, reheare, and produce these things now.

Come to think of it, I wouldn't mind having a copy of these things _myself_.
I was always too busy on-stage or with the piano to worry about taping them!
-- 
 Joe Ellis  o/~ The Synthetic Filker o/~    |     TesserAct Studios
     Internet:   usr6184a@cbos.uc.edu       |       P.O. Box 18577
        GEnie:   J.ELLIS22                  |     Fairfield, OH 45018
    All filked up and no place to sing!     |   New Dimensions In Filk!
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
From: figmo@netcom.com (Lynn Gold)
Subject: Re: Filking...I'm new to the
Organization: The Burn the Candle at Both Ends Club
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 16:46:48 GMT

In article <1gm2ceINN7q9@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> be726@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph A. Ellis Jr.) writes:
>
>In a previous article, Uucp@ofa123.fidonet.org () says:
>
>>From  ucivax!outside.cnd.hp.com!cnd.hp.com!jason
>>From: jason@cnd.hp.com (Jason Zions)
>>To:   filk <filk@ofa123.fidonet.org>
>>Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 10:25:27 -0700
>>
>>
>>You rang? Alto, soprano, or baritone, take your pick.
>>
>>I don't get around much to cons, but if something turns up near the wilds of
>>northern Colorado...
>>
>>Jazz
>
>Actually, I was kinda thinking about trying to get a sax quartet together for
>OVFF next year... <<grin>>
>
>ANOTHER Baritone player???   Amazing! Mebbe a Bari Duet! 

Guys, GUYS!  You need a few people who play classical string
instruments so you can have "saxes and violins!"

--Lynn
From: Sherman.Dorn@p6.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Philcon
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 13 Dec 92  10:51:06

On <11 Dec 92  09:35>, Uucp scribbled the following to All:

 Uu> Circular, isn't it?  B{)  But fairly accurate.  At this past Philcon, we

Oh, I wish I had known you were there.  I was the bearded man with the
six-month-old dancing in the back of the room on Friday night.
--- via XCS 1.00
From: Sherman.Dorn@p6.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: All these X-mas Filks
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 10 Dec 92  12:58:45

On <09 Dec 92  12:36>, Dave Aronson scribbled the following to Polly Goldman:

 DA> Not to be confused with:

 DA> Have a banana, have a banana, have a banana, with sour cream.

 DA> Or:

 DA> Have a nagila, have two nagilas, have
 DA> three nagilas, they're very small.

No, no, no!

Have a tequila,
have two tequilas,
have three tequilas,
hey! Swoons the room!
--- via XCS 1.00
From: Major.Matt.Mason@p11.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: London Bridge
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 17 Dec 92  20:31:09

On 12/13/92, Kay Shapero said to All concerning London Bridge: 

  KS> KABONGGGG!! This thread has been officially KABONGED by reason of
  KS> being off topic.  Feel free to continue this discussion via netmail,
  KS> but keep it off the echo.  Thank you for your consideration!

London Bridge has been KABONGED
Been KABONGED
Been KABONGED
London Bridge has been KABONGED
My fair lady.

(Sorry.  SOMEBODY had to do it.)

-MMM-

--- MacWoof Eval:25Oct92
From: boyko@skyfox
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Scotland's Depraved
Date: 14 DEC 92 16:28:54 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
NNTP-Posting-Host: sask.usask.ca

I am searching for the lyrics to Scotland's Depraved.
here is all I know; but, i am told that there are fifteen
verses.

Bring out the wiskey, mother
i'm feeling frisky mother
bring out the sheep, i'm so lonesome tomight!
where is my little brother,
I'll have no other lover
England's forever, but Scotland's depraved.

send to boyko@skyfox.usask.ca
pretty please.
From: Major.Matt.Mason@p11.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: ConFurence
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 18 Dec 92  06:48:47

On 12/14/92, Mary Creasey said to Major Matt Mason concerning ConFurence: 

  MC> Looking forward to seeing both of you guys--I'll be in the hucksters'
  MC> room!

Likewise, I'm sure.  This should be good.  ;)

-MMM-

--- MacWoof Eval:25Oct92
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
From: bgarfink@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (beth diane garfinkel)
Subject: Re: All these x-mas filks are making
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:28:03 GMT

In <n10b3t@ofa123.fidonet.org> Kay.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org writes:

>On <Dec 06 21:57>, Mike Liebmann (1:102/524) wrote to Deborah Weiss:

> ML>Just FYI, Deborah, I don't believe there are any Hanukkah filks.  
> ML>By the way, thank you for the kindness you showed this afternoon 
> ML>by calling. 

>???  Well, I suppose 'Deck The Halls With Matzoh Balls' DOES use the tune of a 
>Christmas Carol, but the contents are certainly Hanukkah filk.  I'm
>handicapped by not knowing any authentic Hanukkah songs myself, but someone in 
>here was doing something along the lines of "Hanukkah oh Hanukkah, light the
>Menorah, (something like) oops, there goes the Torah" awhile back. 

There's always the song "Rock of Ages" (not to be confused with the
Christian hymn of the same name):

Rock of Ages, let our song
Praise Thy saving power.
Thou among the welt'ring throng
Was our shelt'ring tower.
Furious they assailed us,
But Thine arm availed us
And Thy word 
Broke their swords
When our own strength failed us. . .

          So why not filk that????

Beth
-- 
"This must be Thursday.  I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
	-Arthur Dent, on being told that the Earth is about to blow up.
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
From: figmo@netcom.com (Lynn Gold)
Subject: Re: Filking...I'm new to the
Organization: The Burn the Candle at Both Ends Club
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 20:16:59 GMT

In article <n1230t@ofa123.fidonet.org> Dave.Aronson@p11.f120.n109.z1.fidonet.org writes:
>be726@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph A. Ellis Jr.) writes:
>
> JE> In a previous article, figmo@netcom.com (Lynn Gold) says:
>
> LG> Guys, GUYS!  You need a few people who play classical string
> LG> instruments so you can have "saxes and violins!"
>
> JE> Sorry, Lynn, I'm sure you're a nice lady and all,
> JE> but I'm a very strong believer
> JE> in non-violins. I won't string you along. I don't fiddle around.

DA> Normally I'd join in, but I'll bow out this time.  Don't fret over
DA> it, at least not enough to go nuts and jump off a bridge.  (Then
DA> again, many of us wouldn't have the gut to do that.)

Has the cat gut your tongue again, or are you flauting it?

--Lynn
From: Allan.Burrows@f338.n250.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: New BBS joins FILK
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 17 Dec 92  05:34:51

BL> Greetings, all!

BL> Filkers are usually far too humble
BL> To stand up and take a bow,
BL> So I'll just say The Programmer's Oasis
BL> Is filking in the echo now.

        AT LAST! AT LONG LAST! A Canadian BBS I can talk to that isn't in
Toronto, too! Salutations, sir, and regards to the West! Yes, I have
relatives in your fair city. (Heard that one before, right?)

                Allan

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Newsgroups: alt.music.filk,dc.general
From: abd4w@curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU (Amado Bautista Deguzman)
Subject: Re: It's Snow Joke!!
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 06:43:40 GMT

Very Creative! I hope your boss doesn't scan the net.  By the
way, what's a filk?
From: Jeff.McClinton@f148.n129.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: All these X-mas Filks
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 17 Dec 92  10:50:15

On <10 Dec 92  12:58:45> Sherman Dorn lost it all and babbled the following...

 SD> Have a tequila,
 SD> have two tequilas,
 SD> have three tequilas,
 SD> hey! Swoons the room!

The version I know has a different last line.

        Have a tequila
        Have two tequilas
        Have three tequilas,
        You need a DRINK!

Jeff

... This phone is Baroque.  Please call Bach later.
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From: Joe.Bethancourt@f72.n114.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: More banjos from hell
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 13 Dec 92  11:40:00

 -=> Usenet said to All on 12-10-92  18:01 <=-

 Us> Organization: Sophomore, H&SS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh,
 Us> PA From: Eli Brian Goldberg <eg1n+@andrew.cmu.edu>

 Us> Does anybody here play the banjo or is anybody on the net familiar
 Us> with them?

  Do it slowly at first. We want -precision- right now. Speed will come
  later! If you speed up too soon, you will get -sloppy.- This is a no-no.
  To play melodies with this style, you use the LEFT hand to make the notes
  you want, and the right hand to keep the rhythm. Therefore, you need to
  be able to HIT on the -inside- strings of the banjo (strings 2, 3, and
  4.) This requires a slightly different technique for the HIT. You do -
  not- want to HIT thru the strings, like you do on string 1! You want to
  HIT the strings and then -immediately- pull away from them like they were
  red-hot! If you hit thru the inside strings, your finger will dampen the
  sound and all you will get is a "thump" sort of sound that is most
  unsatisfactory. Just "flick" at them with your fingernail; HIT them.
  Now, if you remember, we wrote the 6/8 pattern like this:

        6/8 sounds like a horse galloping, in two groups of three beats
        with a bit of a pause between them:

                / / /     / / /
               1 2 3 and  1 2 3

  And we explained the 4/4 pattern like this:

        4/4 just uses beats 1 and 3....like this:

                /   /    /   /
               1   3     1   3

        which comes out as a marching rhythm:

               /   /    /    /
              1   2     3    4

  Look at those gaps between the beats of the 4/4 pattern! We can write it
  a bit better like this:

               /     /     /     /
              1 and 2 and 3 and 4

  So a little thought will show that the 6/8 pattern could be written like
  this:

               /  /  /     /  /  /
              1 and 2     3 and 4

  Leaving a -Very Interesting- blank space between beats 2 and 3 !!!

  You can fill this blank space with whatever you want to do! You can use a
  pull-off, and hammer-on, or even add an extra HIT if you want to !


... Filk you and the horse you rode in on!


--- WM v2.04/92-0475
From: Kihe.Blackeagle@p4003.f6224.n124.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Temporary Absence
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 11 Dec 92  11:33:11

General warning: I will be near-incommunicado with the echos for at least the 
next three weeks (long boring story concerning dying computer systems and
stretched finances).

(And I may slip in an occasional comment 'tween now and then for the
hallibut!)

Pax ... Kihe

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From: Dave.Aronson@p11.f120.n109.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Rush Limbaugh
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 16 Dec 92  09:07:58

 SS> I don't count "Greensleeves" when I am looking for a tune,
 SS> because EVERYTHING can be sung to it.
 SS>  I must admit, I never thought of "Gilligan's Island", though it seems
 SS> to be the same type of tune, as "Greensleeves".  ;)

Very much so.  Gilligan's Island scans reasonably well to Greensleeves....

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From: J-Mag@p25.f2000.n106.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: lyric request: Murderous Little Toy
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 12 Dec 92  11:31:12

Thursday December 10 1992, Chris Croughton writes to All:

 CC> Does anyone have the words of the SCA version of this?  The chorus went
 CC> something like:

 CC> It went swish when it moved,
 CC> and splat when it stopped
 CC> It never did stand still
 CC> A viking axe was what it was
 CC> And it was made to kill!

 CC> In the An Tir songbook, I believe...

I know for a fact that it is in _The Middle Kingdom Songbook_ but mine was
ripped off by someone.

- J-Mag

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From: Shadow.Spear@f236.n271.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: another poem/addendum
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 14 Dec 92  13:27:00

I seem to have forgotten something from this last poem (A Lesson)

This should have appeared at the end:

        *
          Guillian-Barre is pronounced: gee-on bah-ray. It is a disease that
causes temporary paralasys.


Sorry 'bout the error.


R.G.H.,Jr.


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