Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on June 14th 2004 by petemay.
This tune has been added to 31 tunebooks.
Also known as Periwig, The Periwig, The Wig.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Tae The Beggin'
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
|:"Em"g2fg "Bm"agfa|gefg "Em"dB~B2|g2fg "Bm"agfa|1gefd "Em"~e3f:|2gefd "Em"~e3g||
|:"G"dB~B2 dGBd|dGBd "D"cAAe|"G"dB~B2 defd|1"C"~g2 fd "D"eage:|2"C"~g2 fd "D"edef||
Tae the Beggin'
This is as played by Kevin Crawford on his album 'In Good Company' (great CD) He learned it from the playing of Ossian, the Scottish Band, and as the reel was uncredited, he named it after the song which preceded it. It doesn't sound obviously Scottish, and sits as nicely in the Irish tradition. Simple, effective, and attractive. Pseud's corner?!
# Posted on June 14th 2004 by petemay
Can't be certain
Don't have the book to hand, but this sounds like a setting of the old Scottish Gaelic tune 'Piorbhuic', The Perriwig (Wig). Although I'm probably wrong, will check it later.
# Posted on June 14th 2004 by -=cluiche=-
Correct!
You're quite right, cluiche - it is the Scottish pipe-tune the "Periwig".
# Posted on June 14th 2004 by Kenny
The Periwig
I picked up this tune at my local session and just learnt the name today, having been told it was on the Kevin Crawford recording. Had a look at the original Scottish version, found that I liked the descending E minor phrase in the B-part better than KC's setting and came up with this:
X: 1
T: The Periwig
R: Pipe Reel
O: Scottish
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emin
~g3b agfa|gfeg dB~B2|~g3b agfa|1 gef^d e3f:|2 gef^d e3g||
|:dB~B2 dBBg|eBBA GEEg|dB~B2 dBBa|1 gef^d e3g:|2 gef^d e3f||
# Posted on August 2nd 2005 by Dow
A'Phiorbhuic
The word must be related to French word for wig, une perruque.
# Posted on December 24th 2007 by malcombpiper