Season 5 Episode 12 Under Named GHB Tunes From James Aird and Guest Track from Brìghde Chaimbeul
Tunes: James Aird: Three 6/8s called North Highland Reel, Three Tunes called Highland Dance, A skye Dance, three tunes called “A Jig”, A Western Isle Air. Robert Miller: Two Highland Dances one Western Highland Dance and a Highland Jigg from Ross’s Music Page and North Highland Jigg (9/8) From Keith Sanger Reverend R Harrison: Western Isles Air My “Setting”: Braes of Mellinish Thanks For Listening! Please Consider Supporting the Show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag All the James Aird Tunes come from the 1801 Publication of Volume 5 Miller Tunes Are Mostly from 1820, except the 9/8 North Highland Jigg, which is from 1838 The First Friday of May will be another Band Camp Friday, which is a great day to buy some music from musicians that have been on the show, or my own album! My Album: Oyster Wives Rant: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes Chris McMullan: https://chrismcmullan.bandcamp.com/album/uilleann-tales Hamish Napier: https://hamishnapier.bandcamp.com/ Tim MacDonald: https://tsmacdonald.bandcamp.com/releases Nicholas Brown: https://nicolasbrown.bandcamp.com/releases Donald Lindsay: https://goodenergy.bandcamp.com/ Jarlath Henderson: https://jarlathhenderson.bandcamp.com/ Innes Watson and Jarlath Henderson: https://innojar.bandcamp.com/releases Blackie O’Connell will be on the show eventually: https://blackieoconnellcyrilodonoghue.bandcamp.com/ Brìghde Chaimbeul https://brighdechaimbeul.bandcamp.com/track/turf-lodge-airds-jig +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From James Aird, a collection of three 6/8s that work as a set he calls, “North Highland Reel” tunes 185, 186 and 187 https://archive.org/stream/selectionofscotc00rugg#page/n78/mode/1up Miller Highland MS (From Ross’s Music Page Millar File 3 Tune No. 132): Highland Dance http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/millarhighland3.pdf Which Geoff also so as a connection to Braes of Mellinish: From William Donaldson’s Book https://ceolsean.net/content/B2B/B2B_TOC.html I couldn’t handle Donaldson’s Setting, but William Gunn’s Setting was familiar enough to me that I recognized it from my own playing. I believe I got it off of Roddy MacLeod’s performance on the Piping Centre Recital Series: Piping Centre 1997 Recital Series Vol. 4 by Ian Duncan, Roddy MacLeod thanks to Brian May for helping me make the connection! Here is William Gunn’s Setting: https://ceolsean.net/content/Gunn/Book02/Book02%2027a.pdf From The Same Page of Miller’s Highland MSS You will see “Highland Dance” tune 131. Which the Porridge men Recorded as “Clisham” a mountain on Harris. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/millarhighland3.pdf This is the David Allan Painting I was Referencing with the Piper’s Drones sticking out from him like mine were when I switched arms to try and reach the High B. https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/21917/highland-dance James Aird also has “Clisham” listed as “A Highland Dance”, (Tune 195) The other “A Highland Dances Are quite familiar, The 6/8 (Tune 194) I’m sure I have heard. Tune 196 I think I have played on the podcast before from Donald MacDonald or Angus MacKay but can’t recall the title. https://archive.org/stream/selectionofscotc00rugg#page/n81/mode/1up Back to the Highland Miller MSS Page: Tune 134 is Called “Highland Jigg” http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/millarhighland3.pdf I asked Keith Sanger for a couple tunes from His Miller Archive, and include this one, “North Highland Jigg Tune 60. I don’t have the notes for this to share but I’ll be doing a tutorial on Patreon if you want to hear it played slower for ease of learning. Here is a 9/8 “A Jig” (tune 192) from James Aird to pair with Miller’s https://archive.org/details/selectionofscotc00rugg/page/n80/mode/1up?view=theater From James Aird A Western Isle Air (Tune No157) https://archive.org/stream/selectionofscotc00rugg#page/n68/mode/1up Reverend Harrison’s Western Isles Air. From Cumbria around 1815 is nearly identical to Aird. http://richardrobinson.tunebook.org.uk/tunes/9/04/9045.html Or here: https://www.village-music-project.org.uk/?page_id=508 Miller transposed this tune for Pipes quite differently from how I did, He Called it West Highland Dance (tune No. 133) http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/millarhighland3.pdf Aird’s A Skye Dance (No. 183) and “A Jig” (no. 184) https://archive.org/details/selectionofscotc00rugg/page/n77/mode/1up?view=theater “A Jig” (No. 193) from James Aird https://archive.org/details/selectionofscotc00rugg/page/n80/mode/1up?view=theater And Finally! This lovely Set from Brìghde Chaimbeul Turf’s Lodge into Aird’s Jig https://brighdechaimbeul.bandcamp.com/track/turf-lodge-airds-jig Please take advantage of the Tune Collection tab: https://www.wetootwaag.com/tunesources Also Please take a minute to leave a review of the podcast! 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