> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jack Campin > Sent: 17 October 2002 01:22 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [scots-l] Re: Shetland Fiddler, The > > > >> This tune also appears in Jerry Holland's Collection of Fiddle Tunes. > >> According to a footnote there, the tune first appeared in a pipe > >> setting in "The Edcath Collection" Vol. 1, 1954 by Donald Shaw > >> Ramsay. > > Ah that solves it. > > It doesn't. The Edcath tune is in D (as it has to be to be playable > on the pipes), whereas both "The Hawk" and the currently-played > version of "The Shetland Fiddler" are in E.
Currently played by whom? I've only ever heard it played in D. All the recorded and notated versions I have are in D, as are all the versions located by John Chambers ABC Tune Finder. > It isn't very likely > that somebody would hit upon the idea of transposing the tune that > way and accidentally get back to the original, is it? - Skinner's > version of the same tune ("The Spey in Spate") works just fine in D, > it doesn't need to be in E for the fiddle. I'd never noticed the resemblance between these two before, but I think it's largely superficial - I don't think they're close enough to be regarded as versions of the same tune. Regards, Ted Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html