{"id":1767,"date":"2013-07-16T20:27:38","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T19:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2015-03-26T07:51:25","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T07:51:25","slug":"getting-the-pronunciation-correct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/getting-the-pronunciation-correct\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting the pronunciation correct&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is Natalie Chalmer&#8217;s first Paths to Songs blog!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/files\/2013\/07\/geordie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1768\" alt=\"geordie murison\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/files\/2013\/07\/geordie.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"217\" \/><\/a>We didn&#8217;t go into detail on any one song in our first session but we spent the time discussing what songs we intended on learning about over the next year.<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion Geordie Murison is one of the best bothy ballad singers and so I specifically want to learn these from him. Geordie said the most important thing for him is the dialect &#8211; getting the dialect and the pronunciation correct is what he cares about a lot, so I will be making sure I learn the correct way to say the auld doric words correctly eg Geordie pointed out that when I sing Hairst O&#8217; Rettie I say &#8220;whittles&#8221; as it is spelt but it should be said like &#8220;fittles&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>We went through a list of Bothy Ballads and some that struck me and I would like to learn from Geordie are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drumdelgie<\/li>\n<li>Ca&#8217; ma loon<\/li>\n<li>Guise O&#8217;Tough<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also discussed traditional ballads and I have had great teaching from Elizabeth Stewart learning the big ballads but I lacked in some of the more up-tempo ballads and again Geordie is the man. He sang through some he had in mind but one really did stand out for me and I am very excited about learning this from Geordie &#8211; Aul&#8217; Grey Beard which Geordie first heard sung by Jeannie Robertson.<\/p>\n<p>We finally touched on some comic chorus songs and hopefully in the next few months I will learn all about the Big Kilmarnock Bonnet!<\/p>\n<p>Our first session was good as it set a plan of what we would like to cover and achieve from this process. 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