Re: [scots-l] Few Notes
Bluebells of Scotland springs immediately to mind. Bruce Campbell From: Nigel Gatherer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Scots-L Posting [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scots-l] Few Notes Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 14:52:15 +0100 I came across the Irish polka below, and what drew me to it was how few notes are used in the tune (five in all). I'm trying to find Scottish tunes which use as few notes, for use in teaching complete beginners. Any suggestions? X:1 T:no name R:polka H:Also in A, #111 D:Martin O'Connor: The Connachtman's Rambles Z:id:hn-polka-113 M:2/4 L:1/8 K:G B2 BA|GE ED|EA AB/A/|GE ED|B2 BA|GE ED|EG AB/A/|G2 GA:| BA AG|BA AG|A2 AB/A/|GE ED|BA AG|BA AG|A2 AB/A/|G2 GA:| -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html Bruce Campbell (Editor, CELTIC WORLD - now printed in Scotland and Australia) Duntroon Publishing 81 Marine Parade Kirn Dunoon Argyll PA23 8HF TEL: 01369 702 287 MOBILE: 077 5984 5201 _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [scots-l] Re: Few Notes
Bluebells - eight actually, at least in pipe music where it is unusual because it is not pentatonic in structure. I always found it very easy to teach because it is mostly crotchet or tied crotchet single note beats. I used it for teaching learner pipers who could even pick it up and play it quite well within day or so. Anyway. Bruce Campbell From: Nigel Gatherer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scots-l] Re: Few Notes Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 16:21:21 +0100 Bruce Campbell wrote: Bluebells of Scotland springs immediately to mind. [Humming it in my head.] Um, unless I have the wrong tune, Bluebells uses nine different notes, counting low doh and high doh as two different notes: ABC notation: A|d2 cB A2 Bc/d/|FFGE D3 A|FDFA d2 Bc/d/|cAB^G A2 z| Tonic Sol-Fa: .s |d' :t .l | s :l .t,d' |m .m :f .r |d :- .s |m .d :m .s | d' :l .t,d' |t .s :l .fe |s :- || -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [scots-l] Battle of Waterloo
I haven't seen the sleeve notes in question so can't comment. Donald MacLeod was a Pipe Major in the Seaforths and perhaps the most famous composer of Scottish music last century. I'm surprised you have no knowledge of him. Practically every pipe band, dance band or ceilidh band in the world plays at least a few of his tunes which range through the entire spectrum of pipe music. But he was far from infamous, quite the opposite. Nicknamed 'Wee' Donald to distinguish him from 'Big' Donald, he was also one of the mainstays of piobaireachd in the 1960s and a pupil of John MacDonald, Inverness. He was also one of the foremost competition winners of all time. The 'Farewell to Oban' was for Donald MACLEAN and composed by Blind Arhcie MacNeill. That is certainly one of the best 'modern' 2/4 marches in the pipe idiom and is never really done justice when played as an accordion tune. By the way, Donald MacLeod (who compiled six books of ceol beag in all which contain many of his own compositions and one book of piobaireachd of all his compositions) came from Stornoway, not Skye - that is yet another Donald MacLeod, but he was not infamous either. Hope this helps to flesh things out at least a wee bit. regards Bruce Campbell (Editor, CELTIC WORLD - now printed in Scotland and Australia) Duntroon Publishing 81 Marine Parade Kirn Dunoon Argyll PA23 8HF TEL: 01369 702 287 MOBILE: 077 5984 5201 From: David Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [scots-l] Battle of Waterloo Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:26:57 - Kate Dunlay wrote: The bad thing is that the notes on the Sole Music CD say a classic 4/4 march by the infamous Skye piper which means that we must all be supposed to know why Donald MacLeod is infamous BUT I DON'T KNOW!!! So, can somebody please help me out? Is this the same Donald MacLeod who left Oban in high dudgeon after failing to win a piping competion as expected, thus occasioning the classic 2/4 march 'DMcL's farewell to Oban' (composer gone from memory banks)? His other deeds of infamy are unknown to me, but since he was a piper there must be some... Quite agree about Hamish's playing of the tune, and the others in that set - a revelation that marches could be played lyrically like that. Dave Francis Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[scots-l] celtic world
Hello, I thought this item might be of interest to members of this. Any news, comments, promos or releases are always welcome. regards Bruce Campbell (Editor CELTIC WORLD - now printed in Scotland and Australia) Duntroon Publishing 81 Marine Parade Kirn Dunoon Argyll PA23 8HF TEL: 013169 702 287 MOBILE: 077 5984 5201 ABOUT CELTIC WORLD ACTIVE READERS Celtic World is the only publication dealing entirely with Celtic Performing Arts (music and dance) and Folk Music. Our readers are the do-ers, not the talkers. That means they are the ones who actively spend in pursuit of their Celtic interests. The magazine, which had its roots in a bagpipe monthly in 1986 and adopted its current format in 1999, has specific market segments such as; * Highland Games * Celtic sports * general Celtic music * pipe bands * Highland dancing * Scottish country dancing * Militaria * Scottish traditional music * Scottish clan and cultural activities * general Celtic activities * Irish Dance * folk music In addition to our specialised segments we also cover items of general interest relative to Scotland/Ireland and in particular do regular features on Scottish travel spots. This latter coverage has been seen in the past as the bridge which has helped to expand our readership. Currently there is no professional press service of any of our segments and with a surveyed UK participant base of 80,000+ this provides a solid base for our expected UK readership. But it is the non-participant market which will provide Celtic World with a bigger potential readership. Crowds of 25,000 plus regularly attend events such as Cowal Highland Games, Royal Braemar and the World Pipe Band Championships and the 100,000+ which attend the Edinburgh Tattoo added to a significant Scottish interest public. Our readership target has already been achieved proportionally in Australia although readership is much smaller because of the narrowness of that market and geographical peculiarities. Celtic World is in the form of a tabloid style newspaper/magazine (stitched and tirmmed on quality newsprint like te Sunday magazine supplements of major national papers). Plans to release a weekly edition from June 2002 onwards are also in hand. The next monthly issue will be released at the end of March and it is expected to be on sale in newsagents throughout Scotland, Northern Ireland and Australia as well as select music and general Scottish retailers in Scotland and North America. Plans are advanced to have it released in newsagents in England by the May issue. Monthly deadlines for contributions are te 15th of the month with a final deadline of the 20th. _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
