Our band is playing for a Harvest Festival in a church in MK later this
month, partly to accompany their hymns, and partly to play a few
seasonally relevant tunes at some point.
Other than the obvious Harvest Home h'pipe and one or two others, I'm
not finding many good tune titles
Cuddy Claw'd Her - OK, if a 'consensus' is reached by three people!!
But there is little rationale for recommending Peacock's setting to
players of Border pipes, as it is one of his tunes which are so
obviously 'adapted' to smallpipes by the replacement of all the low F
naturals -
Happy to add a 4th vote to this overwhelming consensus of 3.
Cuddy is a wonderful tune - and most versions are somehow excellent, even if
not all the same.
For a real outlier, look at the Scottish pipe-style fiddle version in 'The
Master Piper' -
Matt will remember the source.
John
Thanks for the excellent commentary, Matt.
Because it was the tune itself and not the particular setting that
aroused the interest of the few pipers who responded, then I suggest we
pick Cuddy Claw'd Her as the TOTM, any setting acceptable. That is,
unless anyone objects.
Hi Richard,
I think Cut and Dry Dolly is named for the celebration of the last
cut of corn/grain/hay, whatever it was.
Here's an abc of the tune as given in Bruce and Stokoe's
Northumbrian Minstrelsy:
X:1
T:Cut and Dry Dolly
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bruce Stokoe - Northumbrian Minstrelsy
Those of you who knew Colin Ross' wife, Ray, and haven't so far heard from
other
singing or social forums, will be saddened to learn of her death yesterday. She
had
been ill for some time and finally succumbed to several conditions.
Messages are flooding on to various lists and boards and
Here's my video for August:
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOl3AcxG_R8
If you've never seen a Peacock in flight, here's your chance.
I hope you enjoy it.
--
References
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOl3AcxG_R8
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Very, very sad to hear this news.
Ray was the person I contacted first regarding getting a set of pipes
way back in the early 70's (from the address on the rear of the Wild
Hills LP) and she was so kind and patient with me asking so many stupid
questions (and put me in touch with Bill Hedworth
