Key signature: Amixolydian
Submitted on May 7th 2007 by Kenny.
This tune has been added to 19 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: John Morrison Of Assynt House
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
AAAB AAAB | e2 e2 dBBd | GGGB GGGB | d2 ed BGGB |
A2 A2 GAAB | e2 e2 dBBd | egBd e2 ae | g2 Bd eA A2 |
A2 ag a2 eg | a2 ga geef | g2 ae g2 Bd | g2 ag fddf |
egBd e2 ge | a2 ga geeg | dBBd e2 ae | g2 Bd eA A2 |
A2 ed e2 AB | e2 e2 dBBd | GGdB d2 GB | e2 dA BGGB |
A2 ed e2 AB | e2 e2 dBBd | egBd e2 ae | g2 Bd eA A2 |
Aaag aged | eaag a2 ge | dgga gedB | dgga g2 ed |
eaag aged | eaag a2 ge | dBBd e2 ae | g2 Bd eA A2 |
eAed eAAB | eAed BAAB | dGdB dGGB | eAdA BGGB |
eAed eAAB | e2 e2 dBBd | egBd e2 ae | g2 Bd eA A2 |
a2 eg aeeg | a2 ea geae | g2 de gdde | g2 dg edgd |
a2 eg aeeg | a2 ea afge | dBBd e2 ae | g2 Bd eA A2 |
John Morrison of Assynt House
A six-part pipe reel composed by the late Peter MacLeod. Requested by Geoff Pollitt after “ethel” posted a version from what in my opinion was a dodgy source. Apologies if I was a bit harsh, ethel, I didn’t mean to be, so I hope there are no hard feelings. This is the “Morrison’s” reel which was recorded by Alan Stivell in the early 70s. I seem to remember the general feeling among pipers then was that he was a great harp player.
It has similarities to a reel called the "Traditional", or "The Old/Auld Pipe Reel" recorded by both "Silly Wizard" and the "Battlefield Band".
# Posted on May 7th 2007 by Kenny
Thanks
No hard feelings at all Kenny, and I'm glad you've posted the authentic version. I was hoping someone would, having been unable myself to find a clearer version of the tune online to try transcribing from again. I think my ear was at fault - I'm obviously not familiar enough with pipe music (ornamentation styles etc), plus the Stivell version is a bit 'noisy' and its hard for me to pick out the tune. Some of what i put in my 'fuller transcription' in my comments seems similar to what you've posted, and I can see that some of it definitely doesn't! Plus i'd assumed the 3rd to 6th parts were just variations on the first 2 so i'd not put them in the posted tune.
A question occurred to me as a result of this - the Stivell version still sounds like Bmix to me - could this be because the pipes in his version are transposing instruments? (excuse my ignorance!)
My version should definitely be deleted now I think...how do i get this done?
Cheers,
eth
# Posted on May 7th 2007 by ethel
Highland bagpipes are pitched - approximately - in Bb. Stivell's pipes may have been tuned a bit sharp, which could well put them up into B. The convention with pipe tunes is to transcribe them into concert pitch for convenience. If I wanted to play along with pipes, I'd use either a flute or whistle pitched in Eb.
# Posted on May 7th 2007 by Kenny
Many thanks Kenny
I've no excuse for not learning it now.
# Posted on May 8th 2007 by Geoff Pollitt
What about that big pile of marking you should be doing?
# Posted on May 8th 2007 by Dow
Hello Mark
I did that over the weekend.
You are merely deflecting attention from your unfinished thesis I'll wager
# Posted on May 9th 2007 by Geoff Pollitt
What thesis?
# Posted on May 9th 2007 by ceolachan
ceolachan, Dow is, or should be, finishing his PhD on obscure Okinawan dialects. In order to avoid finishing he spends all his time learning loads of tunes which is probably more fun admittedly.
# Posted on May 10th 2007 by Geoff Pollitt
Ceolachan knows that - he's just being sarcastic.
# Posted on May 10th 2007 by Dow
Mwa?
# Posted on May 10th 2007 by ceolachan
Via Rene Werner and Ian Morrison
Great to find the true version of this - I love the Stivell/ Werner version, but we need to know what they adapted it from! They tended to do their own interpretations, I think - Stivell did a great version of She Walks Through the Fair with harp acct, but the words are unintelligible!!
# Posted on January 7th 2008 by funmumlu