Hi Colin, Here's a version of HH aka the Chorus Jig for Pastoral Pipes, generously put online by Ross Anderson with the Sutherland Manuscript (+- 1785) - I also find some parts have no "whistlin melody" except at ballistic speeds, but that is down to personal taste again, and the virtuosity of the player. If you get the chance to hear Chris Ormston playing it you will find it starts to make sense -- until he stops playing -- then it's gone again. ciao
Dave (try Obla di Obla dah Colin !!) X:35 T:The Chorus Jigg C:Suth.p19no35 S:Sutherland, 'Music for the Bagpipe' Z:Transcribed by Ross Anderson, www.ross-anderson.com - replaced missing bar 5 second part M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig K:G |FG|:A3DFD|BAG FED|A2D DFD|A3BAG|A2D DFD|BAG FED|E2c cBc|G3GFE:| |:F2d dcd|F2A AGA|F2d dcd|A3 BAG|F2d dcd|F2A AGF|E2c cBc|G3GFE:| |:f2d dfd|f2d dfd|f3d dfd|a3 bag|f2d dfd|f2d dfd|gec cec|g3gfe:| |:dBd cAc|BGB AFD|F2d dcd|A3ABc|de/d/c/B/ cd/c/B/A/|B/c/dB AGF|F2c cBc|G3 GFE:| |:FED FAF|GBG FAF|FED FAD|A3AGF|FED FAF|GBG FGF|B/c/dB cAF|G3GFE:| Colin wrote: > Hooray! > Someone else who hates the holey halfpenny. I thought I was alone. > After many years I still can't actually hear a tune in there let alone play > it. > I'm going to offend everyone else now (as a Liverpulian, albeit an adopted > one, is allowed to do on occasion) but I am happy that any tune that sounds > good on the pipes will become part of the tradition and the ear of the > listener is the best judge. > Fortunately, traditions do change and are alive and well and grow rather > than diminish. > As an academic debate it's healthy but, as always, the people will ignore > the experts and go their own way which is after all, how the pipes came to > be the traditional instrument of the NE. Just think, it could have ended up > being the Alpine horn or something similar - try playing HH on that! > :-) > Still, this is an interesting and stimulating debate and gets us all > thinking. > Personally, I too would start with the tunes we have for the plain chanter > and work on from those. > Colin Hill > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
