Western Honey Bee re upcoming 'Honey in the Bag' Scottish small pipes' album ....
now, here - https://scottmacleodhoneyinthebagscottishsmallpipesbagpiping.bandcamp.com/
Scott MacLeod’s album "Honey in the Bag" tune list
Tunes I like a lot
1
Hornpipes
The Scotsaire Hornpipe
The Man From Skye
2
Jigs 2
Archie MacNab
Cabar Feed
2/4 Marches 2
Hugh Alexander Low of Tiree
P/M Tom MacAllister / Links of Forth 6 pt
4
Reels 3
Helen Gladden’s Reel
Willie Cumming’s Rant
Loch Carron
5
Hornpipes 2
The Jolly Beggarman
Calum Beag
6
Jigs 3
Skyeman’s Jig
Cutting Bracken
James MacLellan’s Favourite
7
6/8 Marches 2
Seamus MacNeill
The River Creed
8
Strathspey Reel
The Fiddler
John Morrison, Assynt House 6 pt
9
Gaelic Air
The Mermaid’s Song 4/4
Chi Mi’n Toman 6/8
The Bonnie Isle of Jura 6/8
10
March Strathspey Reel (MSR) 3
The Cameronian Rant
Johnny Red Rory / John MacLean
11
6/8 Marches 2
Cameron MacFadyen
Duncan McGillivray
12
Polkas
The Black Watch Polka
The Queen’s Own Highlander’s Polka
13
Slow Air
My Home
14
Hornpipes
Zeto the Bubbleman
The Pumpkin’s Fancy
The Streaker
15
Gaelic Air
Morag of Dunvegan
16
March Strathspey Reel (MSR) 3
17
Hymn
Amazing Grace
18
Jigs
The Whistling Postman
Out of the Air
Calm Before the Storm
Leave aside?
March Strathspey Reel (MSR) 3
Glenfinnan Highland Gathering
Susan MacLeod
Thomson's Dirk
The Banjo Breakdown
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Tempos for Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe tunes, as well as Scottish small pipe tunes (for me - since I play the Scottish small pipes with GHB fingering) ...
Tempos for Tunes - bagpiping tunes
Here are my off-the-cuff suggestions for a beginning soloist for these tune types. Keep in mind that bands and more advanced soloists will often play these faster - especially the marches.
Slow Marches, airs & waltzes ........... 45-60 bpm
2/4 marches ..............................
6/8 marches ..............................
4/4 marches ..............................
Reels ..............................
Strathspeys ..............................
Jigs ..............................
Hornpipes ..............................
Hope that helps.
--Bruce Wright
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Scott MacLeod
9:58 AM (5 hours ago)
to Connor, Andrew, Roddy, Finlay
Hi Connor,
I'm writing to inquire about Skype lessons with you on my Scottish small pipes. How might this work best? Would you be available to meet some afternoon at 4 or 5 pm, Glasgow time, in Skype (which is 8am or 9am in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I live - in Canyon CA 94516)? Or another time? Am seeking to develop my "Honey in the Bag" Scottish small pipes' album and CD (on my A chanter), as well as experiment playing B flat and D chanters and with the Combo Drone on my Walsh SSP and for a Scottish Country Dance band I play in in Berkeley. Thanks very much. (I've lived 2 full years in Edinburgh, studying at Fettes College in the 1st year 6th in ~76-77 and at the University of Edinburgh in 2003-2004 in the School of Celtic and Scottish Studies, and where Gary West was my tutor, so - like you, Andrew, with CMU / Pittsburgh PA / USA culture, am a bit familiar with Scottish culture). Thank you.
Best regards, Scott
Scott GK MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com/piping.htm -
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FYI, Connor, here are some recent related emails to Roddy and Finlay in these regards:
Thanks so much, Finlay and Roddy,
I think I'd like to explore taking the next 5 lessons or so with Connor Sinclair, as a young world class piper (with a music degree from the Glasgow Royal Conservatoire in piping in part too) who also plays the flute and whistles in an ensemble / traditional music group (where many keys are played here by Connor Sinclair on the flute and whistle - https://gnossmusic.com/media/ :). And he's won the Gold medal at the Northern Meeting (https://www.pipesdrums.com/article/northern-meeting-2019-day-1-silver-medal-goes-to-mackenzie-mccready-takes-a-msr/) recently. I think he'd be good at experimenting with the Scottish small pipes on D and B flat chanters too (and with Combo Drone also), which could be enjoyable for him as well. I'll email him to inquire.
I created an initial structure for the tunes I'm planning to play on my Honey in the Bag upcoming album - http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/maunga-terevaka-volcano-honey-in-bag.html?m=0 - which is another big step in this process.
Am seeking to make my upcoming "Honey in the Bag" a world class Scottish small pipes' album. Here's Stuart Liddell :), and where this Piping Live performance is a kind of model of the playing old favorites amazingly well - and for my upcoming album -
https://youtu.be/tuhlcFj8NUw -
https://youtu.be/gOU0OrqXSHU - in these regards. Am also taking a bit of an "The Ascension of Inveraray & District Pipe Band - 2004-2013" approach to my "Honey in the Bag" album -
https://youtu.be/wbikiMAjhDM.
In an innovative way, am wondering too about founding an online Scottish small pipes quartet in real real time, possibly with A. Bova and D. Nevans, when information technology from Google, for example, for this comes along. What do you think? Will broach this with all of you.
Thanks so much. (And bon voyage, Finlay!).
Best regards, Scott
- https://twitter.com/scottmacleod
- https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand
- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Scottish_smallpipes_and_borderpipes
- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Bagpipe_Tutorials
PPS
In addition to taking lessons in preparation for my upcoming "Honey in the Bag" album, which I'm planning to do fairly traditionally (see these tunes - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2019/02/gobies-scott-macleods-honey-in-bag-cd.html), playing MSR HJ slow airs etc., on a SSP A chanter, I'm also interested in learning to play the Scottish small pipes' chanters in B flat and D, and
1) with GHB sheet music (let's call this in the key of A mixolydian - with 2 sharps in the staff key notation - see below), as well as
2) Open Band (Berkeley) Scottish Country Dance band sheet music in multiple keys for the sheet music staff notation (but mostly in the keys of A, D, G, C and B flat in the sheet music staff notation). (See - https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand).
... To share a concrete, practical example, playing "The Battle of Waterloo" tune works on the A chanter and on the D chanter with the same fingering and sounds good - and so I could use the same GHB sheet music in A to play both. Why and how to think about this? (The 4 drones of my Walsh Scottish small pipes, with a combination drone, and the ability to produce a fifth sound-wise, or chord-wise, raise another set of related questions I'd be interested in conversing about with a potential NPC teacher as well). (And could I even possibly explore become a National Piping Centre online Scottish small pipes' teacher at some point in the future - and with these foci too?). Thank you!
PPPS
And could I explore emailing you, Connor, the sheet music (in a Google Docs format) from Open Band every week, so you could get a sense of the music for different chanters even - and all in an experimental vein (and thus potentially enjoyably especially)? (It's also a rich trove of Scottish dancing sheet music).
With very best wishes, Scott
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- Scott MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com
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Both Connor Sinclair and Andrew Bova are instructors at the National Piping Centre in Glasgow, with NPC email addresses, although not yet here - https://www.thepipingcentre.co.uk/learn/teaching-staff
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Connor Sinclair links -
https://youtu.be/XqHVB1WUm8A
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Pipe Idol Final 2011 - Connor Sinclair: hornpipe & jigs
https://youtu.be/wAYomC8jGgg
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A quick chat with Connor Sinclair
https://youtu.be/0ptw7IECeFY
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Connor Sinclair - August 2011: 1 of 3
https://youtu.be/yajr-Ryknh0
Connor Sinclair - August 2011: 3 of 3
https://youtu.be/4RJ7vjAm8jM
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Perth Highland Games 2015 (10) Connor Sinclair
Connor Sinclair playing his strathspey ("Susan MacLeod") and reel (The Grey Bob")
https://youtu.be/LRaPMF6wYBY
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Piping Live 2014 Quartets (9): Connor Sinclair + RESULTS
https://youtu.be/zuuXnknTsZ0
Connor Sinclair: just who is this piping prodigy?
https://www.pipesdrums.com/article/connor-sinclair-just-who-is-this-piping-prodigy/*
Connor Sinclair Joins NPC Teaching Team
https://www.thepipingcentre.co.uk/news-events/665-connor-sinclair-joins-npc-teaching-team*
Northern Meeting 2019 Day 1: Connor Sinclair wins Gold Medal, Silver Medal goes to MacKenzie, Liddell takes Silver Star
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https://bagpipe.news/2019/04/13/connor-sinclair/
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http://forums.bobdunsire.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140724
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https://rghardiebagpipes.com/connor-sinclair/
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Gnoss - the folk band Connor Sinclair is in ...
Gnoss - The Moul Head - Live at Festival Interceltique de Lorient 2018
https://youtu.be/YMk3D9Wbnc4
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Gnoss - The Duchess at Baltoppen Live
https://youtu.be/gLm4DXvcNZ8
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Gnoss - Waves
https://youtu.be/N0ZoCVgAyAY
https://gnossmusic.com/media/
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Andrew Bova links -
https://www.sent-trib.com/arts_and_entertainment/perrysburg-schools-welcomes-world-champion-piper-home/article_effcacc0-3d64-11e9-8acd-77f79c42f872.html
https://pure.rcs.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/andrew-bova(b70fe545-cbb0-4d44-a227-de8316ebd742).html
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('structure' of tunes below from Angus D. MacColl's solo album "The Clan MacColl"
Released: Jan 1, 1996
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-clan-maccoll/181193033)
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2/4 Marches 2
2
Jigs 3
3
Reels 3
4
March Strathspey Reel (MSR) 3
5
Jigs 4
6
6/8 Marches 2
7
Strathspey Reels 4 each
8
Air 1
9
2/4 Marches 2
10
Strathspeys/Reels 6
11
Gaelic Air Reel 2
12
2/4 Marches 2
13
Reels 6
14
Gaelic Air Jigs
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While I play Walsh Scottish small pipes, am enjoying Callum Armstrong playing Goodacre Scottish small pipes here -
Callum Armstrong:
https://youtu.be/lGBflrA8TFk
https://callumarmstrong.co.uk
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Julian Goodacre links -
Bagpipes: An introduction by Julian Goodacre
https://youtu.be/JK3BJpDwynM
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SHEPHERDS HEY played by Julian Goodacre and Callum Armstrong
https://youtu.be/pBaE546R9h8
THE CORNISH BAGPIPE SEXTET
https://youtu.be/4jEo_KOrMTw
Julian Goodacre
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4NhaGoMtGKrXutOCY7e59A
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Goodacre
http://www.bagpipesociety.org.uk/people/goodacre-julian/
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John Walsh 8 - Manchester Recital 1994
https://youtu.be/uNpK9ksqMng
(Chris Eyre: Yes, they're John's own Shuttle Pipes.)
John Walsh 7 - Manchester Recital 1994
https://youtu.be/Vn1KiRu4wW8
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Gordon Duncan - Piping Centre 2003 - 2
https://youtu.be/GlTxTCxgG7g
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Thursday, February 13, 2020
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Hi Connor,
I noticed this "Connor Sinclair Joins NPC Teaching Team" - https://www.thepipingcentre.
FYI, I also found these recently:
Perth Highland Games 2015 (10) Connor Sinclair
Connor Sinclair playing his strathspey ("Susan MacLeod") and reel (The Grey Bob") ...
https://youtu.be/LRaPMF6wYBY
https://youtu.be/LRaPMF6wYBY
And this interview which I appreciate much ...
A quick chat with Connor Sinclair
https://youtu.be/0ptw7IECeFY
https://youtu.be/0ptw7IECeFY
And I just played last night the tune 'Susan MacLeod' with you above on Scottish small pipes (on B flat chanter, drones off ... ), and it's a tune I'm planning to play on my upcoming "Honey in the Bag" album (tentative title) too - https://scott-macleod.
Am appreciating your two 'practice' and 'enjoy' advices that would give to pipers (at the end of your 'A quick chat with Connor Sinclair' interview above).
Appreciating too your folk group playing .... https://gnossmusic.com/
Looking forward to lessons with you if we can schedule these. Thank you.
With best regards, Scott
P.S.
I just found these as well, Andrew -
Andrew Bova
https://www.sent-trib.com/*
Monday, February 17, 2020
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Hi Connor,
I noticed in the article "Connor Sinclair Joins NPC Teaching Team" - https://www.thepipingcentre.
And Finlay is in the States with limited access to internet, and with whom I've had 4 out of 10 NPC Skype lessons so far. And Roddy wrote "Yes - we can put you on to Connor Sinclair. I have copied Andrew Bova and Connor into this email so that you can work it out with them."
So I'm writing to inquire if I might please set up potentially 5 Skype lessons with you, - possibly either Tuesday 2/18/20, or Wednesday 2/19 - at 4 or 5 pm Glasgow time, or the following week? I have so much to learn from you on the Scottish small pipes (with the same fingering as the GHB), (and as I prepare for my first upcoming "Honey in the Bag" album). Delighted for this learning opportunity, Connor! And congratulations on your great piping accomplishments at the Northern Meeting and the Glenfiddich +. Thank you.
With very best regards, Scott
Have added a number of your piping videos that have moved me here:
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020
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Hi Scott, happy to arrange some lessons between you and Connor. I have scheduled you for 4pm tomorrow (19 February) and 4pm next Tuesday (25 February), Glasgow time, with Connor. Please can you confirm your skype username with myself and Connor?
If you would like, I can set you up for weekly lessons at 4:00. Just let me know.
Best,
Andrew
Andrew
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Andrew Bova
Administration Officer
The National Piping Centre
30-34 McPhater Street
Glasgow
G4 0HW
The National Piping Centre Ltd. Registered in Scotland no. 139271, Charity no. 020391
The Piping Centre Trading Ltd. Registered in Scotland no. 162342
Glasgow International Piping Festival. Registered in Scotland no. 256248, Charity no. 34875
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10:38 AM (2 hours ago)
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Many thanks, Andrew and Connor,
My Skype username is scottm100. Let's explore scheduling 3 lessons after these 2, - tomorrow in Skype. See you online tomorrow, W 19 Feb, at 4 pm Glasgow time, and Tu 25 Feb at the same time. Thanks very much, and looking forward to learning much from you, Connor!
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I've scheduled two Skype lessons with Connor Sinclair in Glasgow tomorrow, and on Tu the 25th of Feb - and potentially 3-4 more+ after this (thanks to an email from Andrew Bova today, his 'administration officer'). Connor Sinclair won the Gold Medal at the Northern Meeting (for both light music and Piobaireachd combined, I think) and won 1st in the MSR at the Glenfiddich, where he was second overall. These are some of the greatest and highest achieving piping competitions in the world - see: "Connor Sinclair Joins NPC Teaching Team" - https://www.thepipingcentre.
This is all in preparation in part for my upcoming first Scottish small pipes' album, tentatively entitled "Honey in the Bag." I don't think Connor plays the Scottish small pipes (with same fingering as the GHB), nor its chanters in other keys such as B flat (which key the GHB chanter is in, sometimes:), such as in A and D, and with Combo Drone (which plays a fifth - for the A chanter, and a diff. 5th for the D chanter) - so this could be an interesting teaching opportunity for him (and bellows too). Connor also plays flute and whistles in a folk group, which will afford helpful learning conversation for me for playing in multiple keys in Open Band (Berkeley), for ex. (See blog post below too).
Fondly, Scott
Have included much about Connor, and my upcoming album, here:
- https://scott-macleod.
What's 'Rilke Damage' here in Anselm Hollo's poem "Lost Original" - https://twitter.com/
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Wed., February 19, 2020
Scott MacLeod
Wed, Feb 19, 10:23 AM (22 hours ago)
to Alex, Alden, Rees, David, Heather, Bruce, Janie, Scott, Barbara, Patti, Byron
Ma, and All,
Great first Piping Centre lesson with Connor Sinclair in Glasgow this morning. I appreciate his connecting and listening - and his knowledge and ability. With my worries regarding performing, he said 'brilliant' and 'nice' a number of times about my playing of tunes (interesting question of how teachers could best give feedback in these regards in general too) ... And he appears to have encyclopedic knowledge of piping tunes from memory - wow, and he plays so well. And I can newly record him, he said, and in asking him to play tunes, for example, for my upcoming "Honey in the Bag" folk album ... which is very great re my learning, and upcoming album - and can play with him on my B flat chanter without drones on small pipes. (And he plays a set of bellows' blown Reel Pipes, also a kind of border pipe like the SSP - made by the great piper Fred Morrison, and which set Connor won in a competition). And I play the (Walsh) Scottish Small Pipe with Great Highland Bagpipe fingering.
Seeking to suss out what makes piping music 'moving' and re note duration, for ex. ... and even regarding eliciting loving bliss neurophysiology - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Loving_Bliss_(eliciting_this_neurophysiology) -(where the music that's played, e.g. JS Bach, by way of comparison, and how it's played, eg by Hopkinson Smith - https://youtu.be/pTBooio3h9U - both can contribute to this; this recording does something to my brain, almost akin to making me purr like a cat in pleasure - like I intuit when a cat purrs:).
The piping of Connor Sinclair, Stuart Liddell, Gordon Duncan, all greatest pipers - all move me ... looking forward to figuring out 'note duration' and expression further.
Scott
More about Connor Sinclair and upcoming 'Honey in the Bag' album here - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/western-honey-bee-re-my-upcoming-honey.html - and which I'm adding to IN ONGOING WAY.
- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Loving_Bliss_(eliciting_this_neurophysiology) -
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Ma,
As I listen to the lesson video again (amazing - don't think I have ever done this that I recall - and it's now so easy newly with Skype), I find myself turning it off at about 12 minute mark, before I play the recording to hear myself ... performance worry again transposed to listen ... back to #8 of Guidelines for Practicing a Musical Instrument about not being too hard on myself ... And I recall thinking I played some of these tunes in my lesson 'nicely' to use a Connor word. Hmm ... learning from the (new) recording - http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm :)
Good to be doing these lessons ... a kind of "gestation" time for album ...
L, Scott
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- Scott MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com
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Th., February 20, 2020
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Hi Scott,
Would it be possible to change your lesson next week from Tuesday to Wednesday? If not, it's no problem. Connor is in high demand!
Best,
Andrew
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Andrew Bova
Administration Officer
The National Piping Centre
30-34 McPhater Street
Glasgow
G4 0HW
The National Piping Centre Ltd. Registered in Scotland no. 139271, Charity no. 020391
The Piping Centre Trading Ltd. Registered in Scotland no. 162342
Glasgow International Piping Festival. Registered in Scotland no. 256248, Charity no. 34875
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Scott MacLeod
8:44 AM (0 minutes ago)
to Andrew, Connor
Hi Andrew and Connor,
Yes, that works for me. See you next Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 4pm Glasgow time. I enjoyed our lesson much, Connor. Thank you. Am re-reading these "Guidelines for Practicing a Musical Instrument" - http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm - and with regard to our lessons, especially.
And regarding the sound of the bellows that I think I'd like to remove from my "Honey in the Bag" SSP upcoming recording, here's lovely "Dowland - Complete Lute Galliards Works/Renaissance/Lachrimae played by Master lutenist Paul O'Dette" - https://youtu.be/zxD8FrR7uco - but I hear background noises at around 3:10:00 - 3:12:00. (Am not sure whether it's fret work, or breathing or what, but think it's fret work). Am not clear how a microphone set up would remove such noise.
Thanks ever so much. Looking forward to our next lesson.
Best regards, Scott
Further thinking about learning SSP, and upcoming "Honey in the Bag" SSP album here, which I'm adding to a bit still:
- https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/western-honey-bee-re-my-upcoming-honey.html -
--
- Scott MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com
- http://scottmacleod.com/piping.htm
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Friday, February 21, 2020
Andrew Bova3:07 AM (19 hours ago)
to me, Connor
Hi Scott,
I made an error with the tuition diary; Connor is not available on Wednesday. Your lesson has been moved back to Tuesday of next week. My apologies for the confusion.
Re: light music, you should look into waulking songs. The 78th Frasers played one as their opener in 1994.
Best,
Andrew
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Andrew Bova
Administration Officer
The National Piping Centre
30-34 McPhater Street
Glasgow
G4 0HW
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4:50 AM (17 hours ago)
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Thanks, Connor and Andrew,
Thanks again, Connor, for our good first lesson on Tuesday, Feb 18, (which is number 5 of 10 I think with the NPC). And see you this upcoming Tuesday, Feb. 25th. Thanks too very much for the information about waulking songs (and per below).
Hi Connor,
What would you add to these? I looked up 'genres of GHB bagpipe tunes' after our lesson, and have added to -
March, Strathspey, Reel,
Hornpipe, Jig,
Air - Slow Air/Gaelic Air,
Waltz, Polka ...
Waulking songs
- and these as well ...
(Quick March, Retreat March)
(Slow Air, Slow March, Irish Air, Hymn)
(Scottish/Irish Jig, Slip Jig, Slide Jig)
SONG
SUITE
from - https://www.highroad-pd.de/_liedarten.php?sprache=en
schottische (from some kinds of Scottish dancing)?
The schottische is considered by The Oxford Companion to Music to be a kind of slower polka, with continental-European origin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schottische
Do you play, or know of, any schottisches on the GHB, by any chance?
And
6/8, 2/4, 4/4, 3/4 Marches, etc., in further different time signatures
where Cool Beag
are all above
Ceòl Mòr - Piobaireachd ...
Pibroch, piobaireachd or ceòl mòr is an art music genre associated primarily with the Scottish Highlands that is characterised by extended compositions with a melodic theme and elaborate formal variations
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I found the waulking song you mention:
https://youtu.be/vKYCSvY6fXA
Waulking song refers to work song, I read, and there's a call and response in them as well. I like this waulking tune which the 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band plays from the video start until about the 50 second mark.
Thanks much.
Best, Scott
PS
Have added all these types of tunes to the bottom of this blog post - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/western-honey-bee-re-my-upcoming-honey.html - and also moved the tunes for "Honey in the Bag" to the very top, and rearranged, and edited, them a bit further too, beginning with some Hornpipes and ending with some Jigs (per your thinking, Connor). Thanks so much!
See you Tuesday, Connor!
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February 21, 2020
Stuart Liddell playing
My Home
at about 16 minutes -
https://youtu.be/xzS509pXiqw
(Full Recital - Stuart Liddell 1 Hour! (from 2010))
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Will likely seek to wear my MacLeod kilt and Prince Charlie doublet for album cover too ... (I got this kilt in the around 1976, and it still fits, and I think my father, Gordon K. MacLeod MD, was part of getting this kilt:).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_honey_bee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_dark_bee
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_bole
A bee bole is a cavity or alcove in a wall (the Scots word bole means a recess in a wall).)
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