>>>> Yes, and Calliope House doesn't sound as good in D, as it does in >>>> E. >>> Quite right, and it lies well on the fiddle in E as well. I've never >>> understood why one would bother to put it into D. >> The Irish flute guys put it into D so they could play it. > > I hear it played in D by fiddlers more often than by fluteplayers; seems > a lot of fiddlers are put off by the *idea* of four sharps but don't > actually check how hard the tune is to play. > > With a good flute it shouldn't be at all hard in E.
On tinwhistle I can play it really easily in D, but in E it is nearly impossible (for me). It's been a couple years since I've tried, but I recall the real difficult being in the very start of the tune. Bob Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
