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by decaf
Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:06 am
Forum: Compositions
Topic: Ol Boabie Finger's (jig)
Replies: 1
Views: 4918

Nice jig with an effective mix of momentum and melody!
by decaf
Sun May 11, 2008 10:16 am
Forum: Compositions
Topic: Papigil, 5 part 12/8 jig
Replies: 0
Views: 4326

Papigil, 5 part 12/8 jig

Named after the youtube moniker of a galician piper who has been very
informative to my inquiries about galician piping. While the tune doesn't
sound galician, it does have a festive, lyrical melody somewhat reminiscent of spanish music. Not too difficult and fun to play.
by decaf
Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:53 am
Forum: Compositions
Topic: TIM GELLAITRY HIGHLAND PIPES (4-pt. 2/4 March)
Replies: 2
Views: 6643

Good, melodic 2/4 marches are tough to write. I think this, along with
Journey to Holbaek are very nice pieces of music and my favourite of your marches. Looks like a handful, but eventually I might have to
play them. They tend to go around in my head at unexpected times--
a good sign :-)
by decaf
Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:50 am
Forum: Compositions
Topic: Split the Difference, an easy 6/8 jig
Replies: 0
Views: 3848

Split the Difference, an easy 6/8 jig

I wrote this a couple of years ago and have been messing around
with it ever since. Sometimes I should just leave tunes alone :)
by decaf
Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:23 am
Forum: Compositions
Topic: The Miller and The Hag - a 6/8 Jig
Replies: 1
Views: 4217

Nice perky jig. I pulled up your youtube site and enjoyed your music.
I've been thinking of doing the same, but I can't stand the quality
of recording I seem to be getting with my cameras. The best sounding pipe recordings with cheap equiptment seem to happen outdoors.
by decaf
Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:16 am
Forum: Compositions
Topic: Quick silver- a light 2/4 hornpipe
Replies: 4
Views: 9906

Thanks; glad you liked it.
by decaf
Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:20 pm
Forum: Compositions
Topic: Duxbury Reef, a 6/8 march
Replies: 0
Views: 4206

Duxbury Reef, a 6/8 march

Named after the treacherous reef near Stinson Beach, Cal, where I
looked at tide pools when I was young.
by decaf
Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:47 am
Forum: Compositions
Topic: Serendipity
Replies: 2
Views: 8476

I like this tune well enough to learn it and have been doing just that.
It's not particulrly difficult and it is definitely a hornpipe that sounds
best with slow, gently swinging phrasing.
Thanks for making it available.
by decaf
Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:13 am
Forum: Compositions
Topic: The Ale House Revellers
Replies: 1
Views: 4942

Works for me too :D
Cheers, Dan
by decaf
Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:19 am
Forum: Compositions
Topic: Sunset Drive -slow air
Replies: 1
Views: 5020

Sunset Drive

I had some trouble writing this out right because I didn't realize the BWW program could use two dots in succession. Andi M. managed to get it to
come out right and I'm posting his version here with the revised Midi.
by decaf
Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:24 am
Forum: Compositions
Topic: One day in Inverness!
Replies: 5
Views: 9221

Nice! the 3rd and 4th part get increasingly close to a hornpipe an I could see someone dancing to it.
by decaf
Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:58 pm
Forum: Compositions
Topic: Sunset Drive -slow air
Replies: 1
Views: 5020

Sunset Drive -slow air

A 6/8 slow air that also seems to work out as a 2/4 march. Named after
the street I spent my first 15 years living on.
by decaf
Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:24 am
Forum: Compositions
Topic: One day in Inverness!
Replies: 5
Views: 9221

That's a nice little tune; considering how it really gets going in the 2nd part, I think it could definitely stand a 3rd and 4th part.
by decaf
Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:06 am
Forum: Compositions
Topic: The Ashbourne Gathering's Welcome to Sir Andrew Walker-Okeov
Replies: 3
Views: 7162

Nice light march with an upbeat swing to it.
by decaf
Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:41 am
Forum: Compositions
Topic: Quick silver- a light 2/4 hornpipe
Replies: 4
Views: 9906

Quick silver

Thanks David. Yes, I do play Sandy's New Chanter and I'll have to try them together but I was thinking there was something FMM was playing a year or two ago that might be what I was unconciously rearranging. Oh well, one has little control over that sort of thing and I don't believe it should really...