Hey Guys - I'm supposed to be playing Smallpipes tonight at the company Christmas Bash - does anybody have any suggestions on what tunes to play? It's just a...
A selection has been sent, including: O Little town of Bethlehem Deck the Halls O Christmas Tree Little Drummer Boy The First Nowell We Wish you a Merry...
Geoff Jones
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Dec 8, 2004 7:55 pm
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Good king wenceslas will fit, as will we wish you a merry Christmas also ding dong merrily on high which actually started out in life as a dance tune called...
Try also "We Three Kings", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", and "I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In". That last is a little boring but it does fit the scale....
You could add: Adeste Fidelis, O Du Froeliche, In The Bleak Midwinter, Away In a Manger, (two different versions work well on SSP) Bring a Torch, Jeannette ,...
FWIW, Deck The Halls started out as "The Piper Through The Meadow Straying"...
Bob Cameron
r.g.cameron@...
Dec 9, 2004 3:58 pm
3575
Bob,..... Tell me more, please.... Dave R ... From: Bob Cameron [mailto:r.g.cameron@...] Sent: 09 December 2004 15:56 To: bellowspipes@yahoogroups.com ...
The best IMHO is St.Stephens Day followed by Puer Nobis Phil Williams www.cornwallharpcentre.co.uk www.trehawsa.com ... From: <bellowspipes@yahoogroups.com> ...
Somewhere I remember hearing a recording of "The Piper Through The Meadow Straying" played on maybe uillean pipes?. Could be from a Chieftains album. details I...
Bob Cameron
r.g.cameron@...
Dec 10, 2004 1:46 am
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Pipers and Pipettes; Some of us get the digest version of these messages. The following is what arrived this morning. Obviously this...
What are the notes that the drones on a scottish smallpipe tuned to? I'd like the info for A, B-flat, D, and C pipes if possible. If the answer can be put...
In message <cpd1js+c8op@eGroups.com>, James Darrah <jrdarrah@...> writes ... Hi, You have: 1. tenor playing the same note as the key note of the chanter....
... snip: what followed, the same message over and over with a growing coat tail of replies. Thanks for the reminder, Steve. I was chagrined to see that...
Bob Cameron
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Dec 11, 2004 12:33 am
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Richard, a digest version of a mail list sends one email per day which includes all the messages posted that day in one long message. Some of us prefer to...
Bob Cameron
r.g.cameron@...
Dec 11, 2004 12:38 am
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Thanks for the quick reply. It sounds like the A smallpipe scale has the same sort of pecularities as the highland pipe scale in that the C and F are off from...
The very one! I have been getting the Christmas albums out, but so far have only looked over the CDs. We have that one on Tape only. Speaking of Irish music,...
Bob Cameron
r.g.cameron@...
Dec 13, 2004 1:57 am
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The only album I know of with this tune on it is a Horslips Album. It was their Christmas Album "Drive the Cold Winter Away" (1975). Jim Lockhart played...
Merry Christmas, Happy Yule, Nollaig Chridheil, Joyeux Noël, Fröliche Weihnachthen, Feliz Navidad... all the best of this festive season to my friends on...
http://www.braeburn.co.uk/mp.htm I use this program for music type setting. It has a handy transposing function, although you have to be careful you are in...
I use Lime, the same notation program I use for all my arranging and composing. I write in whatever the tune is in its original key and then change the key...
Bob Cameron
r.g.cameron@...
Dec 29, 2004 12:32 am
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Seasons Greetings, everyone! I'm just a lurker/small-pipes-wanna-be-player who would like to say thank you to John Dally for sending the link to the Braeburn...
for a free simple programme that covers your requirements, try Museli which can be found on http://www.palmabc.ganderband.com/ It is written with folk tunes in...
