Nigel wrote:
Glasgow...
...A nice easy tune might be Glasgow Highlanders. Or Glasgow
Gaelic Club (in ALP book 3); Lochiel's Welcome to Glasgow?
Ted wrote:
I'm surprised that no-one has yet mentioned any of the tunes
associated with Glasgow, eg: Glasgow Gaelic Club, Glasgow
Highlanders,
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From: Nigel Gatherer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 19 October 2001 09:38
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Nigel wrote:
Glasgow...
...A nice easy tune might be Glasgow Highlanders. Or Glasgow
Gaelic Club (in ALP book 3); Lochiel's
In general there are plenty of songs of the borders - the Border
Widow's lament which has a simple effective tune and then there's
The Twa Corbies sung, I think, to an African tune.
The tune is An Alarch, a Breton tune, adapted by Archie Fisher for
the use.
Was not! Morris Blythman
As far as Dunbar is concerned, I am not sure whether I would recommend
Johnny Cope as a subject for study, the days when jacobite songs were an
obligatory part of the repertoire are over! Anyway the song starts as I
recall - all too well - Cope sent a challenge frae Dunbar. I used to
teach this
On 18 Oct, Kate Dunlay or David Greenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
epertoire are over! Anyway the song starts as I
recall - all too well - Cope sent a challenge frae Dunbar. I used to
teach this song to my guitar group at primary school.
Philip
It's a great tune, for fiddle too.
As a
I'm surprised that no-one has yet mentioned any of the tunes associated with
Glasgow, eg: Glasgow Gaelic Club, Glasgow Highlanders, Glasgow Lasses,
Glasgow Hornpipe, Glasgow Reel, Dick Glasgow's etc.
Ted
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On 19 Oct, Ted Hastings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm surprised that no-one has yet mentioned any of the tunes associated with
Glasgow, eg: Glasgow Gaelic Club, Glasgow Highlanders, Glasgow Lasses,
Glasgow Hornpipe, Glasgow Reel, Dick Glasgow's etc.
I think the Glasgow reel is another name for
I thought this might be a good one for the mighty collective brain of
scots-l.
I'm working, through the Scots Music Group in Edinburgh, with an evening
class of aspiring guitar accompanists, many of whom are quite new to
traditional instrumental music. Mostly their current taste extends to Joni
David Francis wrote:
I thought this might be a good one for the mighty collective brain of
scots-l.
I'm working, through the Scots Music Group in Edinburgh, with an evening
class of aspiring guitar accompanists, many of whom are quite new to
traditional instrumental music. Mostly their
On 17 Oct, David Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Auchtermuchty, Ardentinny, Glenlivet/ Tomintoul, Dunbar, Glen Affric, Eigg,
Rum, Melrose, Ullapool, Portavadie, Glenshiel, Glasgow.
Thanks, folks!
David Francis
David,
For my work I am based in Melrose. I believe the nearest local song is
On 17 Oct, David Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Auchtermuchty, Ardentinny, Glenlivet/ Tomintoul, Dunbar, Glen Affric, Eigg,
Rum, Melrose, Ullapool, Portavadie, Glenshiel, Glasgow.
David,
You've got me started now.
The Melrose - Earlston area is the home of two great local legends. I get
David Francis wrote:
...match the place to an appropriate tuneany suggestions?
Auchtermuchty
Shand's your man. Any of his compositions because he lived at
Auchtermuchty, or more specifically there's Auchtermuchty Gala. Or
what about a Proclaimers song?
Ardentinny/Portavadie
There's a
Philip Whittaker wrote:
Thomas the Rhymer - who was a real scholar who probably went off to Italy,
giving rise to alegend that he lived in fairy land for this time. As i
recall he entered he entered after meeting the Fairy Queen by the Eildon
Tree - presumeably near the three Eildon Hills,
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