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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