Oswald himself specialised in guittar (English guittar) which has a
sound like a very quiet harp or lyre. It's also a very easy instrument
to write music with, as it transposes and the tuning forms two major
chords (CEGceg, GBDgbd or AC#Eac#e normally).
Here's the tune, in the vocal
Jack Campin wrote:
Oswald himself specialised in guittar (English guittar) which has a
sound like a very quiet harp or lyre. It's also a very easy instrument
to write music with, as it transposes and the tuning forms two major
chords (CEGceg, GBDgbd or AC#Eac#e normally).
Here's the tune,
Jack Campin wrote:
Barfly is so frustrating on my Mac! I can't use anything except
'beep' and it plays in a way which bears no resemblance to your
demosntration - all the note lengths are wrong and the result
doesn't even sound like a tune. More like some very long horrible
ringtone.
1.
Richard Evans wrote:
I've started playing this tune on Northumbrian Pipes, having found it in
'Bewick's Pipe Tunes', published by Matt Seattle. In his notes, Matt
says that this version is similar to James Oswald's.
It sounds like a harp tune to me, and the title would possibly support that.
I've started playing this tune on Northumbrian Pipes, having found it in
'Bewick's Pipe Tunes', published by Matt Seattle. In his notes, Matt
says that this version is similar to James Oswald's.
It sounds like a harp tune to me, and the title would possibly support
that.
Is this right?
Jack,
Thanks for the information.
It is also used as the air of a song in the _Scots Musical Museum_ which
you do not want to know about. If you can adapt it for the pipes as well,
it'll fit on anything.
I didn't need to adapt it. Matt's book is a selection from the
'Bewick's Pipe Tunes'
Or given the Catholic/ Jacobite associations of this particular tune,
What associations are they?
Playford's title - the Duke of Albany was James V before he became
king in 1685.
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I've started playing this tune on Northumbrian Pipes, having found it in
'Bewick's Pipe Tunes', published by Matt Seattle. In his notes, Matt
says that this version is similar to James Oswald's.
It sounds like a harp tune to me, and the title would possibly support
that.
Is this right? Any
