I have the dots for Amazing Grace (with twelve part harmony) if anyone
wants them.
;-)
John
What I'm reading right now: The Truth About Stories, Thomas King,
University of Minnesota Press
"Paul Gretton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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My gut reaction is: play anything appropriate - there are lots of
options - but please, please, please don't play Amazing Grace! I
don't
think one should do anything that might contribute to that awful
piece
of slop becoming a part of the Northumberland repertoire too. It
would
be dreadful if it ever became a standard feature of funerals on this
side of the Atlantic the way it has in the States. And in the States
the problem is not just with funerals: over there, there are only two
tunes associated with bagpipes (of any type), namely Amazing Grace
and
that other one.
There was no Amazing Grace at the Cenotaph this morning and I think
you
may agree that the somber ceremony of commemoration was still pretty
effective.
And don't play effin' Highland Cathedral either!!!!
Paul Gretton
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