Comments on tunes
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Re: Incahoots
That's a bit confusing Sean. Really, the highland pipes are not A mix. They are based on the Bb mix scale, though often tuned a bit sharper. Pipers call the Bb of the chanter A, as you say, but in the real world that's irrelevant. And they range from Bb =...
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Re: Gallowhill
Stunning tune. Beautiful.
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Sraid Na Cathrach is a slip jig
it is indeed a slip jig in 9/8 as Doogary Crannog which is said to be paired (here it is given as 6/8 ; because bars are written in 9/8, is there any bug in the soft of the database? )
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Éalódh Na Muc - The Pass Of The Dolphin
This tune is composed by Zoë Conway, this text should be close to that source :
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Re: Stan Chapman’s
Here’s a nice audio/video example.
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Re: One For Dan
I remember seeing Cock and Bull play this very tune, in the Anchor garden at Sidmouth folk festival around 1986. Jean-Pierre Rasle on bagpipes - brilliant. I still have the "Eyes Closed and Rocking" album on vinyl too. Great band.
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Re: Incahoots
Standard Great Highland bagpipe tuning consists of a bass drone and two tenor drones all tuned to the note A, and a chanter tuned to a scale with a flattened seventh degree, which is unique to Highland bagpipes. Concert A pitch for Highland bagpipes is mu...
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X: 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 - Posted by ceolachan - October 24th, 2006
X: 9 - K: A Major
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Re: The Foggy Dew
Nice rendition of this tune:
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Re: Strop The Razor
John and James Kelly - with Michael Crehan [ uilleann pipes ] and Mick Gavin [ flute ] :
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