I apologise for the layout of this message: it's a reply to Matt's post
on Guidwife of Peebles which I sent to him by mistake, instead of the
the list. I have copied and pasted it so maybe it won't look too good!
One day I'll get the hang of these lists (maybe).
Matt Seattle wrote:
It's my arrangement for Border pipes of a fiddle composition by
Nathaniel Gow (originally in Bb and with a larger range), and never a
song to my knowledge.
I thought it sounded much like some of your arrangements, the 'song'
idea was a complete guess.
I recorded it on Out of the Flames;
I knew I'd heard it somewhere... in fact, that's where I learnt it,a
good few years ago now, then found it in the book.
it has a
personal association for me with Sharon Goodacre, late wife of Julian
Goodacre of Peebles,
Yes, indeed, very much so.
and no, it is not characteristic of Border pipe
repertoire, if by that we mean the variation sets of the Dixon-Peacock
line of transmission, which (to me) represent the Golden Thread of
Border piping, which (to me) encompasses open- and closed-end
chanters.
Maybe not but it's a nice tune which sits well on the pipes and is easy
to play (unless you're a highland piper); nobody on the course had come
across it before.
I taught some Peacock sets, Guidwife was offered as something different.
I once gave Jim Richmond a copy of this arrangement and he included it
in the said tutor, with no acknowledgement of his direct source.
Such is life!
Cheers
Richard
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Richard Evans
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