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- Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:48 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: So, how do titles happen?
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So, how do titles happen?
I awoke the other day, as one does, except with a mind to call a tune either The Farlington Rocket or the Farlington Fair - why I have no idea. Farlington is a place in Portsmouth, so I know nought about it except that, never been, never before heard of it, what can I say. So, the 'Fair' came first,...
- Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:45 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: A Helter Skelter Ocean Crossing
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A Helter Skelter Ocean Crossing
Just imagine a helter skelter race across the atlantic, any way you care to try, what a thrill it would be.
- Mon Dec 20, 2010 12:27 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Chicken Jiggin'
- Replies: 4
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- Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:40 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Chicken Jiggin'
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10447
Thanks
Cheers for the feedback - one tries all the time, as you know, but sometimes a sequence just clicks and that's it.
- Thu May 13, 2010 4:26 pm
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Chicken Jiggin'
- Replies: 4
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Chicken Jiggin'
Hark - the chickens are jiggin'
- Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:01 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: The Cocobolo Tree
- Replies: 1
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The Cocobolo Tree
I have a Robertson/ Henderson set of pipes (as veriified by MR. Sharpe himself, no less, a few years ago when I had a wee repair done) and I love the red hue that is coming through the wood and I intend to get the whole set buffed down to the original patina some day, but I have been looking at some...
- Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:01 pm
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Onward - Onward - Onward it goes
- Replies: 0
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Onward - Onward - Onward it goes
Daily Rant - I say everything about a tune stems form the time signature - you can try and twist it, manipulate it, or whatever, but in the end the time signature has you by the short an curly bits, not matter what you do within the tune. If you don't understand what the time signature does, complet...
- Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:29 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Aint it funny?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4724
Aint it funny?
Yes, aint it funny how tunes come through to us from the ethos. I was putting this one to paper at 0530hrs one morning. Once finished, I thought "Easy, eh?" But it's not. is it, folks? At least, the flood gates open sometimes without any warning, but that's another realm of understanding I have left...
- Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:08 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Catch Up Number 23
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4738
Catch Up Number 23
I remember during a training session a very many years ago, on a 10 mile hike, on or two of our party were lagging behind. Our PTI shouted "Oi, number 23, catch up with the others." Number 23 appeared to be tripping over his own feet trying to keep up and this tune gives the impression of catching u...
- Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:40 pm
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Does exactly what it says on the tin
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3545
Does exactly what it says on the tin
Get's the toes tapping - you have to admit that much
- Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:56 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Yesteryear - those reminiscences we all have
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7325
Ta very much!
Hi, Dan - one does try, as all of us do with composition - sometimes things just click. If we knew how, we could bottle it, eh?
- Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:51 pm
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Yesteryear - those reminiscences we all have
- Replies: 2
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Yesteryear - those reminiscences we all have
OK, so I wrote the second two parts first, but what the hey! I pictured a piper or fiddler or some soloist (accordion) playing the first two parts solo, probably with drum accompaniment, then more pipers and accordions/ fiddlers joining in on the second two parts.
- Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:04 pm
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: The Rowan Piper
- Replies: 2
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STUPIDO STUPIDO
Sorry, folks, whata mistaka to maka - I was reviewing some of my tunes and could no believe that I called this The Rowan Piper - it should be The Roan Piper. The tune is the same, only the title is changed - sorry.
- Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:09 pm
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: Those Scottish Balladeers
- Replies: 0
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Those Scottish Balladeers
I got to thinking about all the poems and songs written about Scotland while I was looking at some maps of the countryside and mountain ranges and coastline and a wee tune sprung forth, and this is it. I know balladeers really is to do with songs, but many of the poems about Scotland have ended up a...
- Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:33 am
- Forum: Compositions
- Topic: The Not So Barren Land
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3302
The Not So Barren Land
Well, folks, this one has been described as "A few different approaches all in one tune, but nothing wrong with that." So, I was just toying with the normal progressively more difficult parts for a tune from start to finish, this tune sprouted extra branches on each part quite effectively and went f...