Anthony wrote
As Stewart Hardy remarks when
asked to play such material at weddings, "yes, I could play that for
you but you might be very disappointed with the result"!
I can certainly agree with that sentiment!
I was once asked to play "You'll never walk alone" - on Highland pipes, at a
40t
Well, I must admit, if I only played stuff that was in the "correct" key,
I'd be playing very little.
Not being very good at reading the dots, I play more by using the sol-fah
method using my ear (obviously, I'm talking slower tunes here, ahem).
I do this for all my instruments.
The key I play i
Today Colin Hill wrote:
Yeah, Dark Island is a nice example of drone clashing. Then again, it
was written for one drone sound so I suppose that accounts for it. Usr
the ones that sound best.
Hello Colin
...or indeed no drones at all!! The tune was originally composed for
the
Anthony said:
Hello Colin
...or indeed no drones at all!! The tune was originally composed for
the button-box by Ian McLachlan as Dr. Mackay's Farewell to Creagorry.
It was given words and a name change when it was used for the BBC film
"The Dark island".
The claim in 1965 by jo
Bill Telfer wrote:
Aye I've heard Ian Maclaughlan play it years ago at Auchtermuchty
Festival
(on the platform in the town market place) - a very nice a TMSA
festival
where people take over the square for dancing) and he announced it as
The
Dark Island. As often happens som
