John Chambers wrote: > Just a comment from a couple of weeks back: I did take versions of > the two tunes called "Gramachree" along to the dance event, and it > was pretty much agreed that neither of these tunes was what was > needed. The jig was out because the dance is a strathspey. The air > was a more likely fit, since airs are sometimes used for strathspeys. > But we just couldn't make it sound right. So we picked some random > strathspey tunes that we knew, and the dancers seemed happy. > > Maybe there's a version of "Gramachree" that we don't know of, that > would work for an air-type strathspey. The usual sources for Scottish > dances seem to imply that "Gramachie" is a tune that everyone should > know. But none of us seem to know it, and it isn't in any of our > books. The dance was published by Miss Milligan (Miscellany v.2) > without a tune, and she also implied that the tune was well-known. > > Maybe I should ask on the strathspey list, for future reference.
I know I've danced this dance but I don't remember anything about the tune! I checked the RSCDS DanceData database web interface, which lists the dance along with recordings of music for it. You might be interested in checking out what tunes other musicians have recorded for it; maybe some of those are more available. Here's the URL for the DanceData entry: http://www.strathspey.org/dd/dance/2631/view . If you click on the track entries under Tunes you'll go to the tune list for each recording. What's interesting to me is that of the 3 recordings listed, none includes the title tune in the set! Hope this helps. -Steve -- Steve Wyrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Concord, CA Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
