Cynthia wrote:
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Perhaps Mrs Crawford of Donside would go well
with it? Where did you get it, Cynthia?
It's on page 187 of the Skye Collection, identified as a reel. I
transposed it from G minor to A minor so I can play it on my harp
tuned with just the f
Jack Campin wrote:
John Stephen of Chance Inn (Angus Fitchett)
...I'm going to persuade the whistlers to bring in an F whistle for
this one.
Nah, C whistle
That's what I MEANT, of course. :-S
--
Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland
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Philip Whittaker wrote:
How about Rebecca Knorr's Johnstown Reel - a tune that is supposed to
be played slowly...
I have actually played that tune on Ian Anderson's Radio Scotland show
along with another new tune, The Underwater Gardener by Sarah
Northcott. I agree, good tune (but we didn't
Nigel, where is *your* Mrs. Crawford from?
I first heard it played by Gillian, but she told me that it was in
Jerry Holland's Collection, and indeed it is: page 31. Jerry apparently
learned it from Bill Lamey. I actually recognise the tune from
elsewhere - I'm sure I've heard it on record, so
Dinkies
The more I hear those two tunes the less I like them. Dunno why but
they just don't grow on me.
what might be a hackneyed tune to an old hand is a
wonderful, exciting tune to someone who is learning.
I've taught Dinkies to various fiddlers because it's much more impressive
than it
Nigel Gatherer wrote:
I'm compiling a new list of tunes for my Slow Session class...
The latest list, including a few that you WILL have heard of!
REELS
Coire An Lochan (D Muir)
My Love She's But a Lassie Yet
Islay Rant (Charlie McKerron)
Harris Dance
Jack broke da Prison Door (Shetland)
At the weekend I purchased an 1880 facsimile reprint of the 1788
illustrated edition, with music, of Allan Ramsay's 'The Gentle Shepherd'.
The first picture shows Patie with his new ivory bound pear-wood 'flute'
(a recorder), and on the ground is what must be Roger's 'stock and horn'
- it
At the weekend I purchased an 1880 facsimile reprint of the 1788
illustrated edition, with music, of Allan Ramsay's 'The Gentle Shepherd'.
The first picture shows Patie with his new ivory bound pear-wood 'flute'
(a recorder), and on the ground is what must be Roger's 'stock and horn'
- it
