Re: Nic Jones

Not sure if these links will be of help to you but they do give some info on
Nic's tunings for certain songs.

http://www.sarcon.demon.co.uk/engfolk/21/frames/nic_jones.htm

http://www.freefolk.com/nicjones.htm

You can also get info from Mudcat Cafe by searching for "Nic Jones" and
looking through the different message threads.

http://www.mudcat.org/

If you don't fine anything on Nic Jones, there are lots of interesting
discussion here.

"Allyn Dimock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit dans le message de
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jamie Phillips) writes:
>
> > Anyone know of any links to Nic Jones (Penguin Eggs Nic) TAB? Or tunings
info?
> > Thanks
>
> Aren't some tunings published in the liner notes of "In Search Of" and
> / or "Unearthed"?  If you haven't got those, you are missing some
> greate repertoire, and interesting live re-releases of older songs.
> I don't guarantee that tunings are there -- I am writing from work and
> the CDs are at home.
>
> I had a crack at Canadee-I-O a few years ago in TablEdit format, and
> let it get out on the web.  It is probably still out there in some
> places, although the official TablEdit collection have now excised
> most pieces transcribed without the author's permission, including
> (sad to say) Canadee-I-O.  The tuning is CGCGCD  but down a step so
> actually B-flat rather than C tuning.  Recently I went to my local
> public library and looked at a back issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine
> containing a transcription of Canadee-I-O.  It made me realize why I
> am in the computer business, not in the transcribing business.
>
> An even more approximate ASCII tab of Canadee-I-O is available in
> Rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature from Dec 20, 1995.
>
> I was interested in the question of tunings, so I looked around the
> web and got the following info. (If I got it from the web it must be
> true, right?)
>
> I seem to remember that Clyde Water is CGCGCC with the double C on top
> allowing some interesting dulcimer effects.  I seem to recall (with
> less confidence) that Farewell To the Gold is in open G -- Ah yes: I
> posted Bob Cimikowski's notes on it in rec.music.folk.tablature
> Date: 2000/02/03
>
> The Golden Glove CGCGCD with chords,
> From: Bob Cimikowski
> Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
> Date: 1994-02-10 14:41:48 PST
>
>
> Annan Water DGDGBD
> The Butcher And The Tailor's Wife DADGBE
> William And Nancy's Parting DGDGAD
> William Glen CGCGCC
> Dance To Your Daddy - Nic Jones DADGAD
>
> all of the above thanks to "Tish" in 2000.
>
> See aldo Mike Raven's book "English Folk Guitar", which has
> transcriptions of the tunes that Tish gave us the tunings to.
>
> -- Allyn Dimock