Hi Russ,<div><br></div><div>There are a ton of sheet music resources out there. A couple of the best are:</div><div><br></div><div>Eric Praetzel's Dance Database: <a href="http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Music/">http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Music/</a> - I particularly recommend Steve Hendricks' arrangements: <a href="http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/">http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Paul Butler Music: <a href="http://crab.rutgers.edu/~pbutler/music.html">http://crab.rutgers.edu/~pbutler/music.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>I can also send you a copy of the Pennsic Pile, the set of sheet music used at Pennsic. Let me know if you're interested.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Master Avatar (Al Cofrin) also has a few well-regarded books of Medieval and Renaissance music frequently used in the SCA:</div><div><a href="http://www.istanpitta.com/cds_books/">http://www.istanpitta.com/cds_books/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope that gets you started!</div><div><br></div><div>(Also, if you're particularly interested in arranging music, don't let the wealth of existing resources stop you from producing your own transcriptions and arrangements!)</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Aaron</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Debora Vanheyningen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:magda_vogelsang@yahoo.com">magda_vogelsang@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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-Magda-<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 12/27/10, Russ McDaniel <i><<a href="mailto:diy423@yahoo.com" target="_blank">diy423@yahoo.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px">
<br>From: Russ McDaniel <<a href="mailto:diy423@yahoo.com" target="_blank">diy423@yahoo.com</a>><br>Subject: Music<br>To: <a href="mailto:dancemaster@cynnabar.org" target="_blank">dancemaster@cynnabar.org</a><br>Date: Monday, December 27, 2010, 9:44 PM<br>
<br><div><div style="font-family:tahoma,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><div>Hola,<br>I hail from Rimsholt, but have enjoyed the company of many from Cynnabar. I am currently involved heavily with school in my mundane life, so I rarely get to
participate. However, I am slowly working on my "rebirth" back into more SCA activity when this is over in a few years. That will include more music from me. Specifically, I want to make better use of my cello, and my recently purchased viola. <br>
<br>I have contacted you because I intend to amass a large folio of sheet music that I will be able to sight read at a moment's notice for medieval dancers, bardic circles, revels, etc. Many people have a few favorites, that they have well rehearsed and can play/sing by heart. Rather than a few well rehearsed favorites, I want to develop a
repertoire of MANY songs that I can instantly sight read with the aid of sheet music. Part of my plan also includes acquiring music software that will enable me to notate, transcribe, and print sheet music for my purposes. If it please you, I would greatly appreciate anything you might suggest and share with me. What do you all like to dance to? What bardic favorites might I offer to accompany? <span style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:bold">Please send me any song titles, MIDI files, MP3 or WAV files, sheet music images, etc. Anything that might enrich the music at our events. </span> I will put it all into a huge computer file that I will eventually work into sheet music that I can bring to events. I have worked on drumming in recent years, but intend to make better use of my melody instruments. My goal with all this is that people could say "Hey Juan! Grab your cello. We
want to dance to the blah-blah-blah!" (or whatever). <br><br>Right now, the two events I attend most regularly are Border War and Siege of Talonval. When I am done with school, I hope to start attending more. So please, send me whatever you have. I will work on it between now and my grand "rebirth". More music is coming your way. You have my word!<br>
<br>Yours in service,<br>Don Juan Diego de Belmonte<br></div>
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