Just looking through the lists provided in the recent thread on Scottish Fiddle Tunes I wondered how many Scott Skinner tunes are in the common Scottish session repertoire?
Spey in Spate is probably most popular but Laird of Drumblair, Smith's a Gallant Fireman, Carnie's Canter, Duke of Fife's Welcome to Deeside, Tulchan Lodge, The Miller o' Hirn, Dargai, Left Handed Fiddler are all fairly wel-known it seems
I like Bonnie Banchory but you don't hear that so much
The beautiful strathspey (written in Eb) The Dean Brig Of Edinburgh is attributed to Scott Skinner - but he may actually have borrowed or pinched it from someone else.
Also, his Compliments to a (somebody) MacDonald, recorded by The Battlefield Band on their very first album.
Perhaps you had in mind Dargai? Richard Thompson's emulation of Pigg's piping of that tune was some of the first trad I ever heard, got me interested in bagpipes. Billy recorded the Coilsfield as well, undoubtedly some other JSS tunes too.
Do they play the Mathematician in sessions? What a mess that would be, in all likelihood. Arthur Seat and Madame Veroni are nice hornpipes of his as well.
I've scrounged what I can of other JSS recordings, available only on the web as excerpts unfortunately. Stuff like the Ettrick Vale Quadrilles are great fun.
didnt he write he mathematician....and another really nice hornpipe he dedicated to someone who plays with him....very vague i know but cant remember the name....=]
ps.....tom doorley does a fantastic version of the mathematician =]
Scott Skinner
Scott Skinner
Just looking through the lists provided in the recent thread on Scottish Fiddle Tunes I wondered how many Scott Skinner tunes are in the common Scottish session repertoire?
# Posted on September 14th 2009 by Alancorsini
Re: Scott Skinner
Spey in Spate is probably most popular but Laird of Drumblair, Smith's a Gallant Fireman, Carnie's Canter, Duke of Fife's Welcome to Deeside, Tulchan Lodge, The Miller o' Hirn, Dargai, Left Handed Fiddler are all fairly wel-known it seems
I like Bonnie Banchory but you don't hear that so much
# Posted on September 14th 2009 by Bren
Re: Scott Skinner
More of us should be playing the Altan setting of the Glaidstone. It's a cracker.
# Posted on September 14th 2009 by Jams_O'Donnell
Re: Scott Skinner
The Iron Man, Miss Shepherd.
# Posted on September 14th 2009 by Henk Bos
Re: Scott Skinner
The beautiful strathspey (written in Eb) The Dean Brig Of Edinburgh is attributed to Scott Skinner - but he may actually have borrowed or pinched it from someone else.
Also, his Compliments to a (somebody) MacDonald, recorded by The Battlefield Band on their very first album.
# Posted on September 14th 2009 by nicholas
Re: Scott Skinner
- That's Scott Skinner's Compliments To Dr. MacDonald.
Billy Pigg, the Northumbrian piper, recorded Scott Skinner's air Coilsfield House.
# Posted on September 14th 2009 by nicholas
Re: Scott Skinner
Coilsfield House was composed by Nathaniel Gow
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8132
# Posted on September 14th 2009 by Henk Bos
Re: Scott Skinner
Oh dear - thanks there, Henk!
# Posted on September 14th 2009 by nicholas
Re: Scott Skinner
Perhaps you had in mind Dargai? Richard Thompson's emulation of Pigg's piping of that tune was some of the first trad I ever heard, got me interested in bagpipes. Billy recorded the Coilsfield as well, undoubtedly some other JSS tunes too.
Do they play the Mathematician in sessions? What a mess that would be, in all likelihood. Arthur Seat and Madame Veroni are nice hornpipes of his as well.
I've scrounged what I can of other JSS recordings, available only on the web as excerpts unfortunately. Stuff like the Ettrick Vale Quadrilles are great fun.
# Posted on September 15th 2009 by KLR
Re: Scott Skinner
didnt he write he mathematician....and another really nice hornpipe he dedicated to someone who plays with him....very vague i know but cant remember the name....=]
ps.....tom doorley does a fantastic version of the mathematician =]
# Posted on September 15th 2009 by Mrs.Lonal Dunny
Re: Scott Skinner
Yes, he did write The Mathematician; not that I expect it to be 'common Scottish session repertoire'......
# Posted on September 16th 2009 by Henk Bos
Re: Scott Skinner
Hector the Hero is well known in the sessions I frequent, and was my introduction to Mr. Skinner's work.
# Posted on September 21st 2009 by MapleLeafScot