Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on September 25th 2003 by Dow.
This tune has been added to 42 tunebooks.
Also known as The Kitchen Piper.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Kitchenpiper, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
AddA d2Ad|defd edBA|GBdg fedf|eAcB A2ef|
AddA ~d3A|defd edBA|gGBg fAdf|1 eddc d2dB:|2 eddc defg||
aAAf AAdA|AfAA aAfA|GBdg fedf|eAcB A2fg|
aAAf AAdA|AfAA aAfA|gGBg fAdf|eddc defg|
aAAf AAdA|AfAA aAfA|GBdg fedf|eAcB A2ef|
AddA ~d3A|defd edBA|gGBg fAdf|eddc d2dB||
The Kitchen Piper
I play this after Maggie's Pancakes whenever I'm not around people who have an aversion to Scottish tunes. I got this from a fiddle player in Cambridge, but I've posted my own setting of it. The original version that was given to me is below:
K: Dmaj
AddA d2Ad|defd edBA|GBdg fedf|eAcB A2ef|
AddA d2Ad|defd edBA|gfeg fedf|1 eAce d2dB:|2 eAce defg||
aAAf AAdA|AfAA aAfA|GBdg fedf|eAcB A2fg|
aAAf AAdA|AfAA aAfA|gfeg fedf|eAce defg|
aAAf AAdA|AfAA aAfA|GBdg fedf|eAcB A2ef|
AddA d2Ad|defd edBA|gfeg fedf|eAce d2dB||
# Posted on September 25th 2003 by Dow
Bizarrely, our local uillean piper played this at a session last night - first time I'd heard it in about 4 years.
# Posted on September 28th 2003 by Dow
Kitchenpiper
Shouldn't bother anyone who's "averse" to Scottish tunes. Composed by Neil Dickie - who's Canadian.
# Posted on October 3rd 2003 by Kenny
Wow, would never have guessed - ta for the info Kenny.
# Posted on October 3rd 2003 by Dow
Is it supposed to be played like a hornpipe then?
# Posted on October 3rd 2003 by Dow
Kitchenpiper
It is classed as a hornpipe, but bagpipe hornpipes are played "smoother", flowing more like Irish reels.
# Posted on October 4th 2003 by Kenny
Okay ta, I've changed the details. I play it like you said - the same rhythm and speed as I would play an Irish reel. That's the way I've heard it played in sessions.
# Posted on October 4th 2003 by Dow
Sound file
Click on the Kitchen Piper link on this page - the sound file's quite good and they've done all the pipes ornamentation and everything: http://members.tripod.com/~McCoin_Geneology/index-34.html
# Posted on October 4th 2003 by Dow
Oops........
I think I made a mistake here. I've been told that Neil Dickie was born in Scotland, although he's been living in Canada for some time now. Sorry, Dow.
# Posted on October 12th 2004 by Kenny
"Count Dickie''
He's composed some interesting tunes. Not only ''The Kitchenpiper'', but also the hornpipes ''The Clumsy Lover'' and ''Pattie'' and the air ''The Haunting''. Published one book called ''First Book'' in the '80s.
# Posted on August 3rd 2007 by perthling2
Rhythm
Count Dickie classed it as a ''bossa nova'' tune, whatever that means, and one version of the third part had syncopation.
Highland pipers play some hornpipes in a more pointed fashion -''slow'' hornpipes, while many - especially of the newer ones - are composed to be played in a rounded fashion like Irish reels.
# Posted on August 3rd 2007 by perthling2
For more discussion on the hornpipe/reel issue, go here: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7872.
# Posted on October 18th 2007 by Dow