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Barrington Hornpipe! . Another English Hornpipe learned from the Northumbrian Piping LP - Wild Hills O'Wannie. The tune was composed by Thomas Todd & was first published in the late 1800s. Played on my Wheatstone Aeola Baritone Treble English Concertina. Lockdown Video #660 Cheers, Dick
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Rowley Burn! . An English Hornpipe I only learned today, although I bought the Northumbrian Piping LP - Wild Hills O'Wannie, back in the mid 1970s. The tune was composed by J. Forster Charlton in 1956. Lockdown Video #659 Cheers, Dick
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My experience with playing more traditional genres of music is primarily in sessions at pubs or in the homes of musical mates. I really never played for contra or ceilidh and the such though I thoroughly enjoy them and the music. When my swing group, DC Ambiance, performs at a festival, restaurant or pub it's not unusual to have a couple here and there get up and swing dance to our music. But performing or jamming is very different than actually playing for a swing dance. Styles of dance (Lindy hop, jitterbug, west or east coast swing, Balboa etc.) require specific styles of music and tempos. For the dancers there are some set dance moves and styles but their choreography is just as creative and individual as the musician playing a solo. Our group has recently been booked to play more of these dances. It is a fun challenge to come up with ever increasing ways to to keep pace with the dancers. Just saying...
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The Dundee Hornpipe. . Scottish Hornpipe published in 1883 in Ryan's Mammoth Collection. Later, in the early 1900s, it was published under the title - The Kildare Fancy. Played on English Concertina, Fiddle, Trump, Hammered Dulcimer, Tenor Banjo & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #659 Cheers, Dick
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An Cluinn Thu Mi Mo Nighean Donn. . Air to a Traditional Gaelic song - ' Do You Hear Me, My Brown-haired Girl'. Played on Hammered Dulcimer, Fiddle, English Concertina, & Whistle. Lockdown Video #658 Cheers, Dick
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A' Chruinneag Ìleach. . Air to a Traditional Hebridean Gaelic song - 'The Maid Of Islay'. Played on Hammered Dulcimer, English Concertina, Fiddle, Whistle & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #657 Cheers, Dick
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Dh'fhalbh mo run 's dh' fhag e 'n cala. . Air to a Traditional Scots Gaelic song - 'My Love has Left the Harbour'. Played on English Concertina, Whistle, Fiddle, Hammered Dulcimer & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #656 Cheers, Dick
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Is Trua Nach Bhfuil Mé in Éirinn. . Air to a Traditional Irish song - 'It's a Pity I'm not in Ireland'. Played on Hammered Dulcimer, Fiddle, Whistle, English Concertina & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #655 Cheers, Dick
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Ba Mo Leanabh. . Scottish Air to an old Hebridean Lullaby - 'Hush, My Little Baby'. Played on English Concertina, Fiddle, Hammered Dulcimer & Whistle. Lockdown Video #654 Cheers, Dick
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Nach truagh leat mi 's tu 'n Èirinn. . Old Scottish Air ( You don't care much for me while you're in Ireland ) The Scots Gaelic song associated with this tune was collected by Catriona Dhùghlas (Katherine Douglas) of Skye. Played on English Concertina, Fiddle, Hammered Dulcimer & Whistle. Lockdown Video #653 Cheers, Dick
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Chí Mi na Mòr-Bheanna. . Old Scottish Air ( I will see the Mountains ) Adapted by Junior Crehan for the Jig - ‘The Mist Covered Mountain’. Played on English Concertina, Fiddle, Hammered Dulcimer, Whistle & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #652 Cheers, Dick
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Nuair chì thu caileag bhòideach. . Old Scottish Air ( When you see a pretty girl ) Played on English Concertina, Fiddle & Hammered Dulcimer. Lockdown Video #651 Cheers, Dick
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There’ll ne’er be peace till Jamie comes hame.
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There’ll ne’er be peace till Jamie comes hame. . Old Scottish Air used by Robert Burns for his song, published in 1791. Played on English Concertina, Fiddle, Hammered Dulcimer & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #650 Cheers, Dick -
Christie Campbell. . A rather lively Cape Breton Strathspey. Played on English Concertina, Fiddle, Hammered Dulcimer, Tenor Banjo, Trump & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #649 Cheers, Dick
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Miss Hutton's. . Scottish Strathspey, composed by John Bowie & published in 1789 in his - 'A Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances'. Played on English Concertina, Fiddle, Trump & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #648 Cheers, Dick
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Craigellachie Bridge. . Scottish Strathspey, composed by William Marshall & published in 1817 in Gow's 4th Repository. Played on English Concertina, Fiddle, Trump & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #647 Cheers, Dick
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Mrs Grant of Lagan. . Old Scottish Strathspey, published in 1817 in Gow's 4th Repository. Laggan House on Speyside. Played on English Concertina, Fiddle, Hammered Dulcimer & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #646 Cheers, Dick
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Panmure House. . Old Scottish Strathspey, published by Gow in 1817. aka 'Miss Lyall' & in Donegal as - 'The Cat that Kittled in Jamie's Wig'. Played on English Concertina, Fiddle, Hammered Dulcimer & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #645 Cheers, Dick
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Through the Wood Laddie. . Old Scottish Slow Air, first published in the Tea Table Miscellany Vol. 1, 1723. Played on Fiddle, English Concertina, Hammered Dulcimer & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #643 Cheers, Dick
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Bluemont Waltz. . Composed in 1986 by fiddler Rodney Miller (Antrim, N.H.). RE: Antrim, in New Hampshire - The Scotch-Irish, who came mainly for more farmland, populated most of Antrim and the other towns nearby. There are still some Scotch-Irish descendants living in Antrim. Played on Fiddle, English Concertina, Hammered Dulcimer & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #644 Cheers, Dick
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Lady Cassilis Lilt. . Old Scottish tune, published in the Scottish Skene Collection 1615-1620. Played on English Concertina, Hammered Dulcimer, Fiddle & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #642 Cheers, Dick
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The Hawthorn Tree of Cawdor. . Traditional Scottish Strathspey, published by Gow in 1816. aka Cawdor Fair. The Hawthorn Tree is still visible at Cawdor Castle. Played on English Concertina, Hammered Dulcimer, Fiddle, Tenor Banjo & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #641 Cheers, Dick
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Steer Her Up an' Haud Her Gaun. . An old Traditional Scottish Air, published by Gow in 1817. Robert Burns wrote a song to this Air in 1795. Played on English Concertina, Trump, Hammered Dulcimer, Fiddle & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #640 Cheers, Dick
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Put the Gown upon the Bishop. . Traditional Scottish Air, published by Gow in 1802. Played on Hammered Dulcimer, English Concertina, Whistle, Fiddle & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #639 Cheers, Dick
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Drunk at Night and Dry in the Morning. . Traditional Scottish Air, first published by Fiddler John Fife in 1794. Played on Hammered Dulcimer, English Concertina, Fiddle, Tenor Banjo & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #638 Cheers, Dick
