[SCA-AE] AEthelmearc songs

[F. Page Steinhardt (rr)]

AEth - el - mearc is three beats
fair AEth el mearc would be 4

-Thorpe

Caryl wrote:

> Peregrine said:
>
> >>I like "Scarlet"! It's a powerful song and one of my all-time
> favorites.
> >>The only SCA song that affects me more in an emotional sense  is
> "Rise"
> >>by Master Hector, and "Scarlet" is the only tune I've heard that can
> >>rival "Rise". And a 6/8 makes a fine march in this piper's book!
>
> OH, RISE!  Hector is a genius on many levels.  That is an AWESOME song.
>
> I love all the AEthelmearc songs.  I'm glad there is more than one.  I
> got
> pretty sick of Hakkon's song for a bit while we were doing the
> transition to
> Kingdom - it got pretty overplayed, and being Royal at the time, every
> time
> we were anywhere, we heard it.  I imagine the President gets pretty sick
> of "Hail to the Chief" after a bit, too.
>
> After a bit of a respite, I went back to loving it again.  I have long
> been
> amused that we seem to write in 3/4 or 6/8 time here, even when a march
> is requested.  However, if you aren't looking for a precision, military
> style march, they all work pretty well for moving a slightly organized
> column of non-military types up to the battlefield.
>
> More AEthelmearc songs would be a good idea, considering the 10 year
> anniversary is coming up.... BARDIC CHALLENGE!!!!!!  (Has it really been
> 10 years??)
>
> -Caryl
>
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