May 02, 2021

Season 5 Episode 12 Under Named GHB Tunes From James Aird and Guest Track from Brìghde Chaimbeul

49 minutes

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

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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

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Blackie O’Connell will be on the show eventually:

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Brìghde Chaimbeul

https://brighdechaimbeul.bandcamp.com/track/turf-lodge-airds-jig

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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

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