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		<title>SCA Musician Prowess &#8211; Some Context</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2017 00:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After listening to the feedback on the “Identifying Prowess in an SCA Musician” post, we’ve made a few changes to the checklist. I want to provide some definitions, elaborate on what is meant by some of the items, and provide some context for why this document exists in the first place. I also want to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Identifying Prowess in an SCA Musician (Revised)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2017 00:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mistress Jadwiga Krzyzanowska and Mistress Kasha Alekseeva This is the revised version of the checklist. The original checklist can be found here. Context and clarification for the list can be found here.  Introduction As musicians, part of our responsibility is to help others understand how to assess the ability of others who practice our [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Identifying Prowess in an SCA Musician (Old Version)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2017 21:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This list has since been revised, please refer to the new version: Identifying Prowess in an SCA Musician Revised &#160; This post is by Mistress Jadwiga Krzyzanowska and Mistress Kasha Alekseeva Introduction As musicians, part of our responsibility is to help others understand how to assess the ability of others who practice our art. With [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Modal Playlist</title>
		<link>http://blowthyhorn.com/blog/2016/07/25/modal-playlist/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2016 15:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I made a few modal playlists so you can get the sound of the modes in your ear. The tunes are a mix of pre-1600 and traditional. There&#8217;s a bias toward pieces with just a melody and accompaniment, since I think it&#8217;s easier to get a feel for the mode that way. Enjoy! Dorian Phrygian [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A Short Explanation of Medieval Modes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2016 16:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nique]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The medieval modes are as close as we get to scales in pre-common-practice music (that is, music prior to 1600 or so). They aren’t really scales, though. To start, let’s look at the diatonic scale. It’s what modern scales are built on, and what the medieval modes are built on. The diatonic scale is this [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Renaissance ABC&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2016 12:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nique]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; At St. Cecilia this year, my friend, Master Christian, gave me some sheet music he believed I&#8217;d be interested in. It was a three part piece by Thomas Morley, from his book, A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music. Basically, Morley used the ABC song of the time to demonstrate counterpoint. The top-line [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>What Recorder Should I Buy?</title>
		<link>http://blowthyhorn.com/blog/2016/02/15/what-recorder-should-i-buy/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2016 16:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nique]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“What recorder should I buy?” “What recorder should I start on?” “I want to upgrade to a wooden recorder, which one should I get?” I’ve been asked these questions quite a few times, and I figured it’s about time I put my answers in one place. “What size recorder should I start on”? Should you [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>SCA Musician Myths</title>
		<link>http://blowthyhorn.com/blog/2016/02/10/sca-musician-myths/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2016 20:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nique]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently there has been a lot of discussion about Bardic music’s place in the SCA landscape due to an article that came out in the Æthelmearc Gazette last week. In the article and the discussion around it I saw a lot of the same misconceptions of the SCA Early Music community (here on out called “musicians”) that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond &#8220;Bad Bards&#8221;: Improving Performance Climate in the SCA</title>
		<link>http://blowthyhorn.com/blog/2015/02/11/beyond-bad-bards-improving-performance-climate-in-the-sca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nique]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post from THL Kasha Alekseeva, Baroness of Cynnabar, and renowned performer in the Middle Kingdom. The post is a response to the article &#8220;You don&#8217;t hate the Bardic Arts, you hate Bad Bards&#8220; As RUM&#8217;s new Dean of Performing Arts, I used this article as an opportunity to think about the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Temperament</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nique]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An audio example of what temperament can do to sound. Tune in Csharp major in Equal Temperament Tune in Csharp major in 6th Comma Mean Tone centered around F.]]></description>
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