{"id":3475,"date":"2016-11-30T18:09:27","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T23:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/?p=3475"},"modified":"2016-12-16T16:14:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T21:14:38","slug":"tune-of-the-month-december-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/?p=3475","title":{"rendered":"Tunes of the Month &#8211; December 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are December 2016&#8217;s Tunes of the Month, a 2 part jig intended for novice level players and a 4 part hornpipe intended for intermediate level players.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Novice Level: Kenmure&#8217;s on and awa&#8217; = 2 parts of 6\/8 March or Jig<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kenmure&#8217;s on and awa&#8217; is a 6\/8 March that can be found in <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/tunedatabase\/search.php?phptitle=kenmure&amp;titlemac=Yes&amp;phpcomposer=&amp;compmac=Yes&amp;phpbookno=&amp;phppageno=&amp;phptunetype=&amp;phptimesig=&amp;phpnumparts=&amp;orderbythis=book&amp;Submit=Submit&amp;fuzzy=Yes\" target=\"_blank\">older collections<\/a> in addition to Jim McGillivray&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pipetunes.ca\/displayproduct.asp?tuneID=510\" target=\"_blank\">pipetunes.ca<\/a>. I first heard it in Jig form off of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brianmcneill.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brian McNeill<\/a>&#8216;s fiddle on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.songsofscotland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Miller<\/a>&#8216;s Lyrics of Gold album, an album dedicated to songs of Robert Burns. Ed&#8217;s voice is unsurpassed, just like Brian&#8217;s fiddle. For how simple it is, it has an excellent melody.<\/p>\n<p>Sheet Music: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/kenmures_on_and_awa.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Kenmure&#8217;s on and awa&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kenmure&#039;s on and awa&#039;  - Novice Tune of the Month December 2016\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z8JtTXdrrPI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Intermediate Level: The Inverness Gathering = 4 parts of 2\/4 March, Hornpipe, or Quickstep<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I mean, who hasn&#8217;t played, or at least heard, The Inverness Gathering? It&#8217;s a classic; literally, no composer is ever listed. While it is usually scored as a 2\/4 March, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceolsean.net\/content\/DGlen\/Book06\/Book06%2028.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">David Glen&#8217;s version<\/a> is scored as a 4\/4 March (dates somewhere between 1876 &#8211; 1900, the publication dates of his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceolsean.net\/content\/Dglen\/Dglen_TOC.html\" target=\"_blank\">Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music)<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceolsean.net\/content\/Hendo\/Hendo_TOC.html\" target=\"_blank\">Henderson&#8217;s Tutor for the Highland Bagpipe and Collection of Pipe Music<\/a>, the second edition published between 1918 and 1932, presents a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceolsean.net\/content\/Hendo\/Book04\/Book04%204.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">similar setting with a little twist in the 4th part<\/a>. Page 15 of Scots Guards Volume I has a modern, 2\/4 March version of Henderson&#8217;s setting. However, I find these settings lacking. Specifically, they succumb to the monotonous ending of every other 2\/4 March that ends with a C doubling, low A, birl combination in the 8th bar, and in this case the 7th bar just being what it needs to be to make the C doubling in the 8th bar sound appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>However, we can thank PM W. Norris in 1951 for publishing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceolsean.net\/content\/GlenDar\/GlenDar_TOC.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Glendaruel Collection<\/a> which provides a, I daresay, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceolsean.net\/content\/GlenDar\/Book01\/Book01%2018a.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">better setting<\/a>. Better in that the 8th bar starts with an E doubling instead of Glen&#8217;s C doubling, all else being the same in the 8th bar. This requires a different 7th bar which is more fluid and musical, i.e. less finger twisty and less technical sounding. Judges might look at you weird, but I would personally play this setting, perhaps with Henderson&#8217;s 4th part twist added for flavor. Alasdair Gillies played his own setting with the E doubling ending on the first track of his Lochbroom album. I&#8217;ve transcribed his setting for you below.<\/p>\n<p>However, I&#8217;m not inclined to actually play the tune as a 2\/4 March as listed in these collections. Those familiar with Coin MacLellan&#8217;s World&#8217;s Greatest Pipers album will recognize what is listed as the Clachnacuddin Hornpipe as just a hornpipe version of The Inverness Gathering. Colin tells me it is an arrangement played by his father John MacLellan, dating back to the mid-20th century. Googling &#8220;Clachnacuddin&#8221; reveals a connection to Inverness so there&#8217;s an obvious connection intended. Hornpipes are also in 2\/4 time so it&#8217;s not the hardest transition from a 2\/4 March, you play it faster and round it out a bit (and much more!). The astute listener will note that Colin&#8217;s hornpipe version also utilizes the E doubling ending with the more fluid 7th and 8th bars akin to my preferred Glendaruel version. One can find <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceolsean.net\/content\/Betts\/Book01\/Book01%2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">another hornpipe-like version<\/a> that has the E doubling ending in James Bett&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceolsean.net\/content\/Betts\/Betts_TOC.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Collection of Pipe Music<\/a> published in 1899. Colin&#8217;s version is very much an average between the Bett and Glendaruel versions, though I am certainly not claiming that was the process for deriving the setting. It certainly stands on its own!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pipereeds.com\/store\/c1\/Featured_Products.html\" target=\"_blank\">Colin MacLellan<\/a> has graciously allowed me to share my transcription of his setting of the tune here. Thank you Colin!<\/p>\n<p>Colin MacLellan&#8217;s setting sheet music (and the Tune of the Month): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/clachnacuddin_hornpipe.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Clachnacuddin Hornpipe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/clachnacuddin_hornpipe2.mp3\">Clachnacuddin Hornpipe<\/a> &#8211; 1950 Henderson drones, X-TREME tenors, Rocket bass, Murray Henderson straight cut reed, Prototype chanter, Colin&#8217;s setting, Fingers that haven&#8217;t played in 3 weeks due to illness.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3475-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/clachnacuddin_hornpipe2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/clachnacuddin_hornpipe2.mp3\">http:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/clachnacuddin_hornpipe2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/clachnacuddin_hornpipe1.mp3\">Clachnacuddin Hornpipe<\/a> &#8211; Same as above but different prototype chanter and different Murray Henderson reed (how consistent), last two notes in the 4th bar of the 4th part a wee bit different<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3475-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/clachnacuddin_hornpipe1.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/clachnacuddin_hornpipe1.mp3\">http:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/clachnacuddin_hornpipe1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Clachnacuddin Hornpipe (The Inverness Gathering) - Intermediate Tune of the Month December 2016\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/buu_9vUNw34?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Alasdair Gillies&#8217; setting: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/inverness_gathering-alasdair.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Inverness Gathering<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are December 2016&#8217;s Tunes of the Month, a 2 part jig intended for novice level players and a 4 part hornpipe intended for intermediate level players. Novice Level: Kenmure&#8217;s on and awa&#8217; = 2 parts of 6\/8 March or Jig Kenmure&#8217;s on and awa&#8217; is a 6\/8 March that can be found in older &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/?p=3475\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tunes of the Month &#8211; December 2016<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tune-of-the-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3475"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3516,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475\/revisions\/3516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmclaurin.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}