For those that don't follow the bulletin board, a few submissions have been posted there:
http://soundcloud.com/john-dally/morpeth-rant http://soundcloud.com/wallie-ogilvie/morpeth-rant-billy-piggs http://soundcloud.com/edric-ellis/morpeth-rant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpAHaQTgKWE&feature=g-all-s Cheers, Edric. ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Ian Lawther [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 11:18 PM To: John Dally Cc: NSP group Subject: [NSP] Re: April 2012 Tune of the Month: Morpeth Rant 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 > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
