'Susan MacLeod'.

[Ptarmigan]

'Susan MacLeod'.

.

To celebrate International Bagpipe Day, here's a Scottish 4 part Bagpipe Strathspey, composed by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod.

Played on English Concertina, Fiddle, Mt. Dulcimer, Tenor Banjo & Bodhran.

Lockdown Video #531

 

Cheers,

Dick

 

 

 

Edited March 10, 2023 by Ptarmigan

[SIMON GABRIELOW]

A very cheerful bouncy rhythm.😊

[Roger Hare]

Basic ABC/PDF for those who may be interested.

 

I think the recording is played in A ('tin ear' syndrome!), so the ABC is also in A. There are two renderings - one without chords (hopefully suitable for pipers), and one with chords (for Sassenach Softies like me...).

 

Pipe tunes are a bit of a mystery to ordinary mortals like me, so: From Jack Campin's Scales and Modes in Scottish Traditional Music:

 

"...The Highland pipe uses a scale which is nearer to the Mixolydian mode than to anything else in the Western system...  It is written as if based on A..." (my emphasis)

 

So maybe the key sig. in that ABC should be K:Amix, or even K:Hp?

SusanMacLeod.abc Susan MacLeod.pdf

Edited March 11, 2023 by lachenal74693

[Ptarmigan]

12 hours ago, lachenal74693 said:

I think the recording is played in A ('tin ear' syndrome!), so the ABC is also in A. There are two renderings - one without chords (hopefully suitable for pipers), and one with chords (for Sassenach Softies like me...).

 

Pipe tunes are a bit of a mystery to ordinary mortals like me, so: From Jack Campin's Scales and Modes in Scottish Traditional Music:

 

"...The Highland pipe uses a scale which is nearer to the Mixolydian mode than to anything else in the Western system...  It is written as if based on A..." (my emphasis)

Yes, played in A but the Gs are actually natural, not sharp. 🙂 

 

[Roger Hare]

On 3/11/2023 at 7:07 PM, Ptarmigan said:

Yes, played in A but the Gs are actually natural, not sharp. 🙂 

Ah - thanks! It takes a sharper(*) ear than mine to detect that!

 

So I guess it should be K:Hp/Amix in the ABC code I posted?

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(*) pun intended...

Edited March 13, 2023 by lachenal74693