> Alot of people take > creative license with tempo on tunes. For some reason the first one that > comes to mind is that tune I think it's called "the Waulkin' of the > Fould". I heard someone (maybe it was Johnny Cunningham) play it as a > slow air. I've also heard it play very even and strathspey-ish by some > old dude from Cape Breton (which one? I can't remember, maybe Fr. > Morris?) Either way it's a pretty sweet tune.
It's originally "Waukin o the Fauld" (or even "Wawking") rather than "waulking" - it refers to a shepherd keeping watch over his sheep in their fold. First committed to paper by Allan Ramsay/Alexander Stuart/ James Thomson, though the slow strathspey version (the one I most like) is quite a bit later. It's usually in A minor but I know one bloke (who learned it from his father by ear) who plays it in G minor. Anybody know of anyone else ever doing that? Sounds really good that way. "The Burning of the Piper's Hut" gets maybe the most extreme variety of tempo - everything from slow air to fast reel. =================== <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> =================== Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
