Kate Dunlay wrote:
> If I were at your session I'd have to learn a bunch of new tunes!
What I'm trying to do - put together a repertoire which is interesting
and popular - is a very difficult task, but these are tunes which I've
heard played in sessions and which, I am reasoning, people would enjoy
learning. The reason I asked for other people's opinions was to find
more ideas for what tunes would be suitable.
> Where does one find the following?
>New High Level Hornpipe (Andrew Rankine)
I can't remember where I first heard this. I think it's in one of the
Northumbrian Pipers' Tune Books, and in Ho-ro-gheallaidh Book 1 [1].
>Jamie Rae
This is my indulgence: I heard it on a record and it took my fancy for
some reason. I thought I'd single-handedly introduce it into the
session scene! [2]
>Walking On the Moon (Addie Harper)
There are a few tunes written by this Wick dance band leader which have
"taken off", the most well known possibly being "The Barrowburn Reel".
I wasn't sure about this one, but I think people like it, and it's
easily learnt.
>High Drive (Gordon Duncan)
Ho-ro-gheallaidh Book 2 [1] [3].
>John Stephen of Chance Inn (Angus Fitchett)
This has been played around Edinburgh for years. I can't remember where
I first learnt it.
>The Harsh February (Phil Cunningham)
A recent tune from Phil Cunningham. I had heard it's becoming popular
in Irish sessions, so I found it on the internet.
>The Setting Sun (Ian Hardie)
This is from The Nineties Collection, a book of new compositions from
all over Scotland. It has become a popular source of new tunes, many of
them being played in sessions, such as "Marnie Swanson of the Grey
Coast" (Andy Thorburn); "Creag an Righ" (Ian Hardie); Crabbit Shona
(Angus R Grant); The Jig Runrig (Fergie Macdonald); Da Eye Wifie (Iain
Macleod); The Fyrish Reel (David Gordon) and so on.
[1] = There have been a lot of new tunebooks from the Skye publishers
Taigh Na Teud, amongst them the two Ho-ro-gheallaidh books which
purport to be collections of session tunes. I don't like these books
for a couple of reasons, but they do provide some excellent tunes.
[2] =
X:162
T:Jamie Rae
D:Colin Campbell, Highland Style (1973)
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A mix
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g2 e dBd|e2 A A2::e|A>AA e2 A|d2 A A2 B|G>GG g2 e|
dBd BGB|A>AA e2 A|dBA g2 a|g2 e dBd|e2 A A2 e:|]
[3] = There seems to be an appetite for new compositions. I think this
is a good thing, because there is a whole load of young musicians who
are getting enthusiastic about new Scots tunes, where twenty years ago
it might have been for Planxty or The Bothy Band.
--
Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland
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