Having come up with a tune no one seems to want to play I think I have
to offer my version. I fear the recording is a little rushed with some
missed fingering. One of the things I have been trying to do with this
tune is to expand it based on some of the variants in Matt Seattle's
Morpeth Rant book and I hope folks will enjoy this four part effort
warts and all.
Ian
http://www.travelingpiper.bagpipediscs.com/morpethrant.mp3
John Dally wrote:
Ian Lawther has chosen THE MORPETH RANT for April's Tune of the Month.
There are lots different settings out there. Matt Seattle published a
book on the tune. It may be the first tune we've had in D, and it may
be the tune with the most key work we've had so far. It is a melody
firmly rooted in the Northumbrian tradition, but not one I hear played
on the pipes very often.
Also, in an amazing stroke of good look the Royal Bank of Nigeria has
granted anyone who has participated in this sharing of tunes so far an
award of 1,042,012 Naira. The grant is given in thanks to the British
Empire for their efforts to give Nigerians free transport and labor
opportunities in the United States over the centuries. The grants must
be collected in person by any young female relation at the main branch
in Abuja by the end of this month.
cheers
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