>> Another pet hate is "Da Slockit Light" which I regard as a lament. When >> our fiddlers get hold of it it becomes a jolly canter. I don't know how >> much of that is simply my feeling, or if others just think I'm being >> pernickety. > But "Da Slocket Light" *IS* a lament and should be played as one!
But the way Tom Anderson himself played it was faster than any other performance I've heard. I prefer it slow too; bugger the composer's intentions. But unlike Nigel I prefer "The Burning of the Piper's Hut" as a flat-out reel. =================== <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> =================== Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html