I have received an email concerning a particular fiddler. I quote:
I gather that my ancestor William Goodsir (1774-1848) was a fiddler of
some note. There is a delightful reference to him in John Martine's
history of Haddington. Upon being asked his opinion of Paganini,
Goodsir apparently
Jack Campin wrote:
Or, also in the minor, Fingal's Cave? - you have a somewhat Martian
set of that in one of your tunebooks, I much prefer the old Kerr's
one...
The one in that book was taken from the playing of the Old Blind Dogs,
and I didn't immediately recognise it as the same tune - they
I hope that someone can help with this question.
Sometine ago I downloaded a pdf file from a www site
which I have forgotten. The file is pdf-piping.pdf
and is 1,675 KB. It includes about 60 pages of
Scottish tunes arranged according to scales or modes.
It seems to be a piping tutorial. I
Sometine ago I downloaded a pdf file from a www site
which I have forgotten. The file is pdf-piping.pdf
and is 1,675 KB. It includes about 60 pages of
Scottish tunes arranged according to scales or modes.
It seems to be a piping tutorial. I would like to
pass on the source of the file to
Jack,
Ahhh, that explains part of the mystery. I have
looked at your modes tutorial in the past and it is
awe inspiring. I have the ABC file which I have
printed out (it does not view clearly in my version of
ABCWIN). That is why it seemed so familiar.
I will let you know if the PDF location
