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Subject: Re: minstrel: finding tunes to period songs(semi-long)
To: arturus1@gte.net (Matthew & Kelly Bowerman)
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 20:37:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Greg Lindahl" <lindahl@pbm.com>
Cc: minstrel@pbm.com
In-Reply-To: <199810102153.QAA24440@smtp1.mailsrvcs.net> from "Matthew & Kelly Bowerman" at Oct 10, 98 05:08:33 pm
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> I would also like
> to compose my own songs, but since I know little of how period music
> sounds, I would hesitate to write my own stuff.  Herein lies the problem. 
> I do not read music well.  How does one find an acurate tune to written
> period music?

Listen to CDs, but of course that has copyright difficulties.

If you have looked at http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/minstrel.html as I
suggested recently, then of course you are familiar with Vlad the
Purple's "tunes for filking", which are available as MIDI and as
printed music, and which are not copyright. I'd love to see more
resources like this.

-- gb

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