Key signature: Amixolydian
Submitted on March 1st 2004 by MM.
This tune has been added to 145 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Pressed For Time
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
|:GAg GAf GA|e GAe GAeA| GAA/A/A d2 cA|GAA/A/A d2 cA|
GAg GAf GA|e GAe GAeA | cAA/A/A dAcA|A/A/A eA e z3:|
|:GAdA cAGA|A/A/AdA cAA/A/A|cdd/d/d edd/d/d|effe a2 z f|
eAA/A/A BAeA|A/A/Ae z d2cA|GAA/A/A dAcA|1 A/A/AeA e2 z A:|2 A/A/Ae2 z Ace||
|:gg/g/gf geef|gg/g/ga geeg|ff/f/fg fedB|dBde ffed|
eAA/A/A BAeA|A/A/Ae z d2cA|GAA/A/A dAcA|A/A/Ae2 z Ace:|
|:gg/g/gf geef|gg/g/ga geeg|ff/f/fg fedB|dBde ffed|
[1 eaa eaa ea|a eaa eaa z |eaa eaa eg|gfed eaef:|
[2 eAA/A/A BAeA|A/A/Ae z d2cA|GAA/A/A dAcA|A/A/AeA e z3||
A dangerous track if you have flook's Rubai-cd on the car-system. Even if you’re not pressed for time, this one might cause some speed limit violations, so be warned!
This magnificent reel was composed by Gordon Duncan. Does anyone have any information on the man?
# Posted on March 1st 2004 by MM
Thank you soo much for this tune. Been trying to learn it for ages but it is just too damn fast. Gordon Duncan is a scottish piper and has 3 CDs out called Just for Seamus, Thunderstruck and The Circular Breath. He is my all time favourite composer of trad music and all his tunes are really cool. Look out for Break Yer Bass Drone, Where's Ma Mace?, The High Drive, among others...
# Posted on March 1st 2004 by Fi
A brilliant tune, Finlay Macdonlad's latest album is named after it. His version is definatly the best i have heard. Not to sure about the session A9 one though just dosnt seem to work in my opinion.
# Posted on March 1st 2004 by Rudrico
Gordon
Why do you never see Gordon Duncan in concert?
# Posted on August 12th 2004 by jimbob
Gordon
The words 'loose' and 'cannon' are probably appropriate to use in any reply to the above question.
# Posted on September 2nd 2004 by Calum
Here's a perhaps-easier-to-read transcription of what's on the CD from me:
X: 1
T: Pressed For Time
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
|:GAgG AfGA|eGAe GAeA|GA~A2 d2cA|GA~A2 d2cA|
GAgG AfGA|eGAe GAeA|cA~A2 dAcA|~A2eA e2z2:|
|:GAdA cAGA|~A2dA cA~A2|cd~d2 ed~d2|effe a3f|
eA~A2 BAeA|~A2e2 d2cA|GA~A2 dAcA|1 ~A2eA e2z2:|2 ~A2e2 zGB/c/d||
|:~g3f geef|~g3a geeg|~f3g fedB|dBde f2dB|
eA~A2 GAeA|~A2e2 d2cA|GA~A2 dAcA|~A2e2 zGB/c/d:|
|:~g3f geef|~g3a geeg|~f3g fedB|dBde f2dB|
[1 eaae aaea|aeaa bfgf|eaae aaef|gfdB cdea:|
[2 eA~A2 BAeA|~A2e2 d2cA|GA~A2 dAcA|~A2eA e2z2||
This isn't the sort of tune I go for at all, but I've heard it played at my local session lots recently.
# Posted on March 27th 2006 by Dow
Gordan Duncan is died a few years ago.
# Posted on May 26th 2007 by Catherine..
sorry, it wasn't as long ago as a few years actually..
# Posted on May 28th 2007 by Catherine..
My friend bb has this tune as the ringtone on her phone. She likes to annoy me with it.
# Posted on June 12th 2007 by Dow
And her little baby lilting it?
# Posted on June 13th 2007 by slainte
Embelishments for bagpipes
why are there no embellishments on the sheet music? this is a bagpipe tune after all?
# Posted on November 27th 2007 by kiltedfirepiper
The Rogues
I know that this originally is a Flook tune (GO FLOOK!!), but I also have heard a good version of it by a band called the Rogues.
# Posted on April 9th 2008 by AHendey
Not originally a Flook tune
APH, it has been recorded by Flook, but is certainly not originally a Flook tune. See first comment: it's a Gordon Duncan composition.
# Posted on June 2nd 2008 by Henk Bos