| Ref No | MS 4000/5/4/1/10 |
| Title | Recording of examples of 'decoration' in singing over a recording of a Welsh miner talking to Charles Parker. |
| Level | File |
| Date | n.d. [05 March 1966] |
| Description | The recording begins with 7 tracks witrh Charles Parker speaking to a Welsh miner [not named] about life the names of coal seams, anthracite mining methods, hardship in the valleys, 1926 strike etc. The recording has been taped over; the conversation appears again on track 33. Tracks 8 to 32 have recordings by Peggy Seeger of various unnamed singers singing unnamed song phrases with 'ornamentation'.
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 6.36 Description of track: Miner speaks about life, coal seams and mines
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 3.26 Description of track: Names for seams in Welsh
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 3.24 Description of track: Anthracite
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 3.02 Description of track: Hardship
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 4.14 Description of track: Different coalfields
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 5.16 Description of track: 1926 strike
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 7.17 Description of track: Miners' characters
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 0.54
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 1.02
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 2.16
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 0.32
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 0.45
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 0.31
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 0.23
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 0.46
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 0.25
Track 17: Duration (min/sec): 1.20
Track 18: Duration (min/sec): 1.40
Track 19: Duration (min/sec): 0.57
Track 20: Duration (min/sec): 1.17
Track 21: Duration (min/sec): 0.59
Track 22: Duration (min/sec): 0.47
Track 23: Duration (min/sec): 0.35
Track 24: Duration (min/sec): 0.36
Track 25: Duration (min/sec): 0.55
Track 26: Duration (min/sec): 0.31
Track 27: Duration (min/sec): 0.22
Track 28: Duration (min/sec): 0.18
Track 29: Duration (min/sec): 0.52
Track 30: Duration (min/sec): 0.57
Track 31: Duration (min/sec): 2.40
Track 32: Duration (min/sec): 8.00 Description of track: Silence
Track 33: Duration (min/sec): 2.52 Description of track: Talk about mechanisation in mining
Total duration: (min/sec): 66.27 |
| Related Material | The examples of singing ornamentation are numbered on the tape recording and are probably those for the lecture by Peggy Seeger, 'Ornamentation and Variation for the Folk Revival Singer', of which a printed copy exists, to be found in MS 4000/1/8/13/8. This gives the names of the singers and songs for some of the examples. |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number NF222S0232174
Original tape:
Size: 7" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 7.5ips (19cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track Mono
Dubbing Date: 08/03 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |