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Tune ID

Can anyone tell me what tune(s) John Doherty is playing on this mp3?
http://www.mediafire.com/?fjfpj402zo4auc5

thanks

# Posted on March 23rd 2011 by mikeskelly

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Interesting! Sorry, at least initially, no, but I've a slew of marches scattered about and I'd like to know myself. Where is the recording from?

Thanks, I'm enjoying this with a very wide smile... I'll return if I find anything.

# Posted on March 23rd 2011 by ceolachan

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He probably heard somebody playing the Atholl Highlanders a few years before and didn't write it down.

# Posted on March 23rd 2011 by gam

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The recording is from a tape of John Doherty playing at the Golden Gate, Carrick, Co. Donegal, May 22, 1974

# Posted on March 23rd 2011 by mikeskelly

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Your Mediafire link just pops up an advert about checking my credit report and doesn't do anything when I click on the download link.

I knew there was a reason why I stopped clicking on Mediafire links years ago.

# Posted on March 23rd 2011 by Jack Campin

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I learnt to play the second tune in the sixties. I say second tune because I never heard the first two parts that Doherty plays on the link. That makes me believe that the first two parts are a separate tune The second tune is a four part pipe band march whose name at the moment escapes me but I have it on a Bobby Macleod LP. Unfortunately he includes it with two other pipe marches under the title of The Gatherings and of course it is played as a pipe march (much slower than Johnny Doherty plays it)

# Posted on March 24th 2011 by Free Reed

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The first tune is "The Queen's Welcome to Invercauld" by James Scott Skinner:

http://www.nigelgatherer.com/tunes/tab/tab9/qwtin.html

I recognise the second tune but I can't recall it at the moment, and I'm away from home, so I can't rummage around. It'll come to me...

# Posted on March 24th 2011 by nigelg

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Aargh! So obvious now that I'm home. The second tune is called "The Balmoral Highlanders" composed by Angus Mackay.

X: 1
T: The Balmoral Highlanders
C:Angus Mackay
N: 4th strain by J Scott Skinner
Z: Nigel Gatherer
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: Pipe Quickstep
K: A
ec | Aece Aece | eAfA e2 dB | =GdBd GdBd | =GABc dBec |
Aece Aece | eAfA e2 dB | Bd=Gd =gfed | c2 A2 A2 :|
ed | ce a2 ce a2 | ce A2 e2 dc | B<B =g2 B<B =g2 | B<B =g2 agfd |
e<e a2 =g<e a2 | =gefd e2 dc | Bd=Gd =gfed | c2 A2 A2 :|
ec | A<AAc A<AAc | A<AAc e2 dc | =G<GGB =G<GGB | =GABc dBec |
A<AAc A<AAc | eAfA e2 dc | Bd=Gd =gfed | c2 A2 A2 :|
ed | ceaf =geaA | ceaf eacA | B=GBd =gfge | dB =g2 agfd |
ceaf =geaf | =gefd eacA } Bd=Gd =gfed | c2 [A2E2] [A2E2] :|

# Posted on March 25th 2011 by nigelg

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On the final line, that " } " should be a " | ". Sorry.

# Posted on March 25th 2011 by nigelg

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Nice lead in Free Reed, and a lovely conclusion nigelg. You should have been the first thing to come to my mind as likely being able to resolve this, but I had too many other distractions.

Again, thanks for the earful mieskelly, and for resolution nigel. I hadn't yet managed to set other pressing problems aside yet to go exploring...

I'll now go listen some more and chase up other listens for these two, thanks...

# Posted on March 26th 2011 by ceolachan