Re: [scots-l] Tempi and other not so dumb questions

[Jack Campin]

> I guess these are mostly Amercan tunes, but how do you feel about
> "rattlers"--which are sometimes noted as retreats? "Morgan's Rattler"
> also seems to be kind of speedy, but maybe i'm playing it wrong.

"Morgan Rattler" is from the 1780s, well before the retreat march was
invented.  I had no idea it was a genre: there is a fragmentary verse
from C.K. Sharpe's manuscripts with the punchline "I lathered her up
with my Morgan Rattler", which kinda suggests he didn't have 3-wheelers
in mind either.

Where do you find these "rattler" tunes?

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Re: [scots-l] need help making up a set

[Jack Campin]

> I'm so proud of myself! I can finally play a reel. I had to switch
> from guitar to whistle to fiddle, but I can finally play a reel
> Now I need more... My tune is "De'il Amang the Tailors". I've learned
> the version from "the Scottish Ceilidh Collection for Fiddlers", and
> I'm working on the version from "Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th
> Century". I'd like another couple tunes to go with that to make up a
> set! (I'd also like to be able to play faster, but that will come with
> time).  Any suggestions?

I don't think you got an answer to that.  Here are a few suggestions
to put in front of it (using the Cape Breton approach of keeping the
tonic the same rather than the Scottish anything-goes or keep-to-the-
pipe-scale groupings):

X:1
T:Short Coated Mary
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A Dor
A2e2 edef|g2dB GABG|   A2e2 edef|g2dB A2A2:|\
g2ge a2a2|
  g2g2 BBBG|[1 g2ge a2a2|g2dB A2A2:|\
[2 A2e2 edef|g2dB A2A2|]

X:2
T:Dunse Dings A'
S:Kerr's Merry Melodies volume 2
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:A
ceeg aecA|ceeg a3e|ceeg aecA|B=GGB =g3 d:|
cAeA fAeA|cAeg a3e|cAeA fAeA|B=GGB =g3 d |
cAeA fAeA|cAeg a3e|cAeA fAeA|B=GGB =gdBG|]

X:3
T:Glenlivet
S:Kerr's
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A Min
B|A2ae cBAc|BAGB gdBG|   A2ae cBAc|BGdB cAA:|\
B|ABcd ecBA|
GdBd gdBG|[1 ABcd ecBA|BGdB cAA:|\
  [2 AcBd cedf|edcB cAA|]

Four reels in a set is plenty to start with.

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