Had a bit of a problem playing it (on the PC I hasten to add) as it kept saying not enough/too may notes but it doesn't ring a bell even as a hymn although there are plenty of Celtic-style hymns from the Iona community(John Bell & Graham Maule) around with just as good a pedigree (ie nicking old tunes and writing new words to them) - although that wasn't started until 1938. Our Baptist Hymnal is full of 'em - handy too as I can play quite a few of them although not necessarily in the key they are written in! Silly bit now. I know that The Dark Island was written as a theme to a radio program but didn't know there were any words to it. Any idea where I can find them? (Yes, I just make a fumble on those low notes too!). Colin Hill
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dru Brooke-Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "nsp" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 8:44 PM Subject: [NSP] Arrival of Magazine and Newsletter - 5 xii 2005 > Reached Bristol today (ie Monday). Haven't had time to read yet, but > looks really good. > > > Back in the early autumn when the really good tune booklet appeared, > there was an enquiry about whether people would like another one in say > two years' time, and if so, suggestions for tunes to go in it. Here's > some suggestions. > > Alnwick Castle > Vagaland (but I've a suspicion that may not be out of copyright) > A version of Dark Island that fits both a standard chanter and the > words. (I've got a D version that fits on a chanter but doesn't fit the > words and a G version that sort of fits the words but goes down to C). > Ditto for Oft in the Stilly Night. > > > Here's another puzzle tune if anyone's interested. It's alleged to be > by O'Carolan, and looks like an air, but I found it in an old hymn > book, an odd source for such a tune, and I'm wondering whether that's > correct, or whether it's been converted from another form. It was the > name O'Carolan which surprised me and drew my attention to it. I can't > find anything in the last section of O'Neil that looks like it. Does it > sound like anything anyone recognises? > > X:2 > T:Athlone > C:T O'Carolan 1670-1738 > B:From Methodist Hymn Book, 1933, Supplement > M:3/2 > L:1/2 > Q:80 > K:Em %Transposed from CM > [|e|(e B) (g/3 f/4)|(e B) (c/2 A/2)|G2 F|E4 > (e/3 f/4)|g2 a|f2 g|(e d) c|B2 || > (e/3 f/4)|g2 a|f2 g|(e d/2) c/2 (B/2 A/2)|(G A)H > B|(e B)(g/3 f/4)|(e B) (c/3 A/4)|G2 F|E4||z6|| |]|] > > > Dru Brooke-Taylor > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
