Hi Folks
Here are the resources I've posted this month. Hope you enjoy them. Remember, they're not too difficicult and work best in small groups or at least duets.
20. The Old Tune
I can't find the original reference to this tune if any one knows anything about please let me know.
It's a nice easy tune and I play it very slowly despite it probably usually being a pipe reel played at 90mph. I've included a bit of stuff about ornamentation (see PDF The Old Tune - In Detail) but as I keep emphaisising, played 'plain' still retains the drama of the tune so dinnae fash yersel if you can't do the details.
The Aird's Collection
The next tunes are from The Aird's Collection which was published in Glasgow the late 18th century. It's the variety of types of tune in that collection that catch my ear. If you like Scottish music I'm sure you'll like this selection.
21. Graces Farewell
A lively jig in D. I'd love to know what was danced to these tunes.
22. Sweet Molly
A reel in Em. Someone said to me recenly that a lot of this material sounds Chinese, and why wouldn't it? We use the very same scales for our music so it's going to sound similar.
I'm working on putting all of these Aird's tunes into sets. If you try any selection and think it works let me know.
23. Hopetoun House
As a simple internet search will show this monstrous bit of architectural pomposity, like most of the New Town and palaces and mansions of Edinburgh, was built on the proceeds of slavery. The primitive values and intellectual deficits of the Edinburgh ruling classes continue in that tradition with huge inequalities in wealth in the city, and a private education system that defies the decades long democratic demand of the Edinburgh people for 'an equal chance to succeed'. Good tune though. Dedicated to BLM.
John
www.thecelticmandolin.co.uk
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