Sunday, June 21, 2020

ocean spray: Spry, - and be adding a little genetic enzyme back into our DNA as we get to be 125 :) Dalai Lama's frailty at close of this Livestream from India made me appreciate the value of doing perhaps a little more Yoga asana daily than I do now to stay spry * * * Am finding this particular Beaton Sisters' Live Celtic Colours' incredible again EXPRESSIVE, yes> Celtic Music @ https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Celtic_Music * * Ma, Marsalis: 12 Guidelines for Practicing a Musical Instrument * Characterization of Cape Breton style fiddling and Celtic music, and regarding strathspeys and reels * * * lithe re spry & Baroque dance


Spry, - and be adding a little genetic enzyme back into our DNA as we get to be 125 :)

Per this 1 minute video - https://youtu.be/bnCEIPQFNnk




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spry - able to move quickly, easily, and lightly

nimble - quick and light in motion

limber - lithe or supple or flexible




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Scott MacLeod
Sat, Jun 20, 4:28 PM (21 hours ago)
to Jane, Ann, Scott


Hi Ma, (Ann), How are you both?

As I watched the impressive Dalai Lama in a Livestream from Dharamsala, India -

Resilience, Compassion, and Science for Healing Today

https://youtu.be/2qfLD747ACA

- last night thanks to a Stanford email, I was interested in much (much to learn from him), but also how he seemed a little frail or feeble at the end. And it made me appreciate the value of doing perhaps a little more Yoga asana daily than I do now to stay spry at age 84. As I wrote yesterday:


Went out for a brief walk last evening .. have a slightly swollen outer left L heel, due I think to wearing a lift in two pairs of Birkenstocks on R, and outer left Brikenstock soles getting too thin. (My legs are different lengths, and perhaps the life for the right leg puts extra weight into the left foot! ) Got a pair of New Balance running shoes, almost new, but possibly 10 years old, out of my closet, and in going for a brief walk liked the support and design of these running shoes. May explore putting a lift on NB running shoes, a pair or 2, . .. and getting 2 new pairs of Birkenstocks too, and adding lift re hips' levelness.

But now that I think of it, the walk itself with more Yoga asana could be contributing to the swollen heel in my left out ankle!

Would love to head to another Yoga workshop in Greece with Angela and Victor in Greece sometime (post-coronavirus pandemic), and could even explore teaching Yoga here in Canyon again (with parallels to teaching Scottish small piping online to a student in SF, which is a creative process - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/bagpiping:).

Warmly, Scott


... email from yesterday evening to you, Ma:

Went out for a brief walk last evening .. have a slightly swollen outer left L heel, due I think to wearing a lift in two pairs of Birkenstocks on R, and outer left Brikenstock soles getting too thin. (My legs are different lengths, and perhaps the life for the right leg puts extra weight into the left foot! ) Got a pair of New Balance running shoes, almost new, but possibly 10 years old, out of my closet, and in going for a brief walk liked the support and design of these running shoes. May explore putting a lift on NB running shoes, a pair or 2, . .. and getting 2 new pairs of Birkenstocks too, and adding lift re hips' levelness.

Dalai Lama is livestreaming from India right now - https://www.mindandlife.org/healing-today/ - if interested :)

Would love to head to another Yoga workshop in Greece with Angela and Victor in Greece sometime (post-Pandemic),


... and could even explore teaching Yoga here again (with parallels to teaching piping:).

What are you up to this weekend?

L, Scott


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- Scott MacLeod
http://www.scottmacleod.com/yoganotations.html
http://scottmacleod.com/yoga.htm
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Scott MacLeod sgkmacleod@gmail.com

Jun 20, 2020, 8:53 PM (17 hours ago)
to Jane, Ann, Scott
Did some Yoga - Surya Namaskars (Sun salutations, - somewhat vigorous, with many upper body benefits), some Adho Mukha Svanasanas (downward facing dogs, - similarly), and child poses (restorative and gentle - good flexion for legs, and a calming forward bend also) ... nice!

Doing such Yoga at age 128 too?

Depends on how refined the genetic enzyme might become for our aging DNA ! :)

How are you both? And how were your days? :)

Warmly, Scotty



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Good day, Ma & Ann,

Nice day here, - how's the weather par vous deux?


And at 220? ... who knows? !!!

 (and at 21,438? :0 ))

Glad to be in communication with Stuart Weeks yesterday and to wish his ~5yo son happy birthday in northern Vermont. My Cuttyhunk friend, David Thurston's 1st cousin, Stuart is probably around 70 and Elizabeth around 40, and I met them in Berkeley and Canyon just as they were traveling, getting engaged, and before they married and had their son. A good model for me to meet & marry a 28 yo woman who wants to begin a family! I think so!

L, Scott

Ma's, and adapted for Oisin's, interactive Birthday card - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/382124547 (https://scratch.mit.edu/users/Helianth/) ... :)







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Taylor,

Am finding this particular Beaton Sisters' Live Celtic Colours' incredible again, and expressively ...

the Beaton Sisters-live @ ECMA 2010-Celtic Colours Festival Club Stage https://youtu.be/xCSk5waVkxI EXPRESSIVE, yes> Celtic Music @ https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Celtic_Music @WorldUnivAndSch https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Practicing_-_Playing_a_Musical_Instrument Ma, Marsalis: 12 Guidelines for Practicing a Musical Instrument http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm ~

https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1274744328674398209?s=20
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1274745143254384641?s=20

seems like the synergies between instruments elicits particularly great expressiveness


Am curious about the harmonies between the fiddles beginning at about 2 minutes, and re Scottish small pipes esp. ...

To explore?

Cheers, Scott


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- Scott MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com





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"Cape Breton fiddle music is strongly influenced by the intonations of the Scots-Gaelic language, especially Puirt a Beul (mouth music) and strathspeys. The ornaments are adapted from those used on the Great Highland bagpipe. The ornamentation (cuts ... "


Interesting further characterization of Cape Breton style fiddling and Celtic music, and regarding strathspeys and reels too: 

"Cape Breton playing is highly accented, characterized by driven up-bowing. The tunes of other music origins (Irish, Canadian, French-Canadian, etc.) sound quite different when performed by Cape Breton players. The strong downbeat pulse is driven by the fiddler's heel into the floor. The pattern tends to be heel-and-toe on reels, the heel on strathspeys.
Cape Breton fiddle music is strongly influenced by the intonations of the Scots-Gaelic language, especially Puirt a Beul (mouth music) and strathspeys. The ornaments are adapted from those used on the Great Highland bagpipe. The ornamentation (cuts aka. trebles, drones and doubling) brings out the strong feeling of Cape Breton fiddle.
A century ago the violin and pump organ were the common instruments; the latter has been supplanted by piano."


Cheers, Scott
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- Scott MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com






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lithe re spry & Baroque dance


M, 

Nice to talk. Further explorations re spry & Baroque dance:


spry - able to move quickly, easily, and lightly

nimble - quick and light in motion

limber - lithe or supple or flexible



How to Dance Through Time: The Elegance of Baroque | A preview

https://youtu.be/9wlU4PP1eUI


The Elegance of Baroque | A quick overview of different dances
https://youtu.be/f9JSEXKEV9U


The Art of Baroque Dance: Folies D'espagne from Page to Stage (DOCUMENTARY)
https://youtu.be/O7WSOxN8rfQ


Baroque Dance - L'Allemande
https://youtu.be/cZWDrjLO7r4

Baroque Dance - Mr. Beveridge's Maggot
https://youtu.be/fbXUWNaDKyw
L, Scott

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- Scott MacLeod








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