This is the musical part of my answer if you will. You also seem to think that melodic interest is a personal or subjective thing. You can of course agree or disagree with me about Scottish music, but don’t turn it into a “you are dissing my country” thing. Patriotism is like love in that it makes blind, I guess. You are trying to tell me that I am insulting the Scots by picking on their music. You weren’t concerned with who actually listens to Scots music and thinks about its characteristics, but with national pride (of 5 million Scots) in their Scottish culture, music, etc. ![]() Now this is the sort of niggly and unhelpful fact that I normally avoid as supercillious, but I brought it up because it allows me to make my second point. Of those, only a fraction could reliably tell one reel or strathspey from another, and even fewer I think would be aware of enough Scottish and Irish tunes to get an impression of differences. Maybe a tens of thousands do, probably fewer. But I will answer to say two things, the first being that I doubt that 5 million scots listen to traditional Scots Music. Second, I’ve considered not answering your question because it’s more of a point than a question and because I am not looking to get people’s goad or infuriate them. ↳įirst off, no need to put quotation marks around my handle. Even if we really like that tune or Scottish music, or Sheena E, or whatever. I think we should be strong enough like what we like, play what we play, and let others say what they will. ![]() For this reason I don’t really like it when people who state a strong opinion get criticized or flamed for it. If I am listening to a music whom I respect and who has walked the walk and he/she says “that tune is crap” or “musican X doesn’t have it” that is a very valuable thing to hear. What I care about most, however, is that the people who play the music share their views about the music. Miss MacLeod is one of my all-time favorite session tunes, btw. ![]() Interesting, too, how you can divine what I listen to and don’t listen to.īut I still stand by my point about Scots music. I like it that you identify so strongly with Scottish music that are personally insulted when someone criticizes it.
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