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The Auld Pipe Reel
Another request.
I think I requested this one, cheers!! Where did this version come from, didn’t silly wizard do a version. I’m sure Kenny could say….
oops its already there in the recordings!
The Auld Pipe Reel
It was a long time ago,but I think that I transcribed it from Silly Wizard’s album.
The following 2-part setting appears in Ceol na Fidhle Vol. IV (Taigh na Teud, Skye), under the name of Traditional Reel (also known as "Donald Macleod’s Reel"):
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:Ador
e|A2A2 GAAB|e2de gede|a2ea gedB|A2A2 BGGB|
A2A2 GAAB|e2de gede|a2ea gedB|A2A2 GAA:|:
e|a2ea gede|a2ea geef|g2edB
Sorry - don’t know what happened there. Half the B-part got left out. Here it is again, in full:
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:Ador
e|A2A2 GAAB|e2de gede|a2ea gedB|A2A2 BGGB|
A2A2 GAAB|e2de gede|a2ea gedB|A2A2 GAA:|:
e|a2ea gede|a2ea geef|g2eed
Well, jigger me if it didn’t just happen again!
I’ll give it another try:
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:Ador
e|A2A2 GAAB|e2de gede|a2ea gedB|A2A2 BGGB|
A2A2 GAAB|e2de gede|a2ea gedB|A2A2 GAA:|:
e|a2ea gede|a2ea geef|g2eed
David, if you’re trying to use the left facing arrow sign, it won’t let you.
Thanks Dow, I’ve just had correspondence from Jeremy about that, so I’ll type it in sans snaps Ecossaises:
e|A2A2 GAAB|e2de gede|a2ea gedB|A2A2 BGGB|
A2A2 GAAB|e2de gede|a2ea gedB|A2A2 GAA:|:
e|a2ea gede|a2ea geef|g2ea edBe|A2A2 BGGB|
A2A2 GAAB|e2de gede|a2ea gedB|A2A2 GAA:||
Voila!
As it appears in the book, in bar 3 of th B-part, the ‘ea’ and ‘Be’ are Scotch snaps (1/16 + dotted 1/8), whilst the ‘ed’ is a dotted 1/8 + 1/16. For those unfamiliar with extra-Hibernian ways of playing reels, the dotted notes could potentially be left out without doing too much damage to the tune.
This tune can be found…….
Pipe Major Donald MacLeod’s Collection of Music for the Highland Bagpipe, Book 3. It is listed as a traditional reel, the 1st and 2nd parts being trad, the 3rd and 4th parts being composed by Donald MacLeod. It is written entirely round, however, reels such as this played in a pipe competition are played dotted and cut with, effectively, no hint of ‘roundness’.
Why is this in Amix as opposed to A dorian or A aeolian? It doesn’t have any Fs or Cs to be sharpened.
The Auld Pipe Reel
It’s probably been listed as Amix because it’s a highland bagpipe tune. This tune is plain A minor, pipe tunes just avoid the c# for Ador, c# and f# for Amin or g# for A maj tunes.
Tannahill Weavers setting
Here’s my transcription of the Tannahill Weavers setting, from Leaving St. Kilda.
There’s a 2 part version of something very similar, known in this case as "Willie Cameron", that can be heard around 3min 15secs into this cracking set of smallpipe tunes by some of the usual suspects:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcgBFrqqq5c
Possibly in the Gunn collection if memory serves.
Not Gunn it’s one of the Ross books
Re: The Auld Pipe
It’s now being used as the fiddle backdrop to a Johnny Walker ad now airing in Canada, maybe elsewhere. The one with Kate Bracken. After Drummond Castle. Michael Muir and Darragh Quinn recorded a live video (they play the version in the ad). Nice job it is, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uJPo8ocONc
This is the Walker ad. There are more than a few fans of the dark haired lass dancing at the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=36&v=GOJIugjeTNc&feature=emb_title
