Liam McMac Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Check it out... you can listen to a clip of the music being played on a harp maybe they wrote it as a lament for Mary Queen of Scots http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/8222727.stm _Liam McMac Celtic and Pirate Tailor Beware the Iron Brigade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Wow, that's really, really cool. Thanks for sharing. Oh, how beautiful it used to be Just you and me, far beyond the sea -Nightwish Alice Mason, Crewe of the Archangel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Bess Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Wonderful! So Lyrical.... Well, you may not realize it but your looking at the remains of what was once a very handsome woman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Interesting. The article leaves somethings to be desired though. "Very little notation survives from these dynasties of players because complex instrumental music was transmitted orally." Transcriber apparently confused oral with aural. Also binary code is zeros and ones, not zeros ones and twos... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam McMac Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 Interesting. The article leaves somethings to be desired though. "Very little notation survives from these dynasties of players because complex instrumental music was transmitted orally." Transcriber apparently confused oral with aural. Also binary code is zeros and ones, not zeros ones and twos... Then you should know what this means: 01010101000101001010101100101010111101 _Liam McMac Celtic and Pirate Tailor Beware the Iron Brigade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam McMac Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 Wonderful! So Lyrical.... Yeah but I belive the vocalist just thought he'd add those lyrics to show off his Gaelic hahaha _Liam McMac Celtic and Pirate Tailor Beware the Iron Brigade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Then you should know what this means: 01010101000101001010101100101010111101 Looks like muck to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jim Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Then you should know what this means: 01010101000101001010101100101010111101 Looks like muck to me. That's because it is. It has no translation. Unlike this, for instance: 01001111 01101100 01100100 00100000 01110000 01111001 01110010 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110011 00100000 01101101 01100001 01101011 01100101 00100000 01100010 01100101 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01100111 01110101 01101110 01101110 01100101 01110010 01110011 And: 01001001 01100110 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01010011 01100011 01101111 01110100 01110011 00101100 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01100011 01110010 01100001 01110000 00100001 My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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