http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:40:22 +0000 MyBB http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=502 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:12:00 +0000 JAJ http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=502
She's an extremely versatile player in several genres particularly in American styles. A founder member of The SHEE, she is also presently deputising for Luke Plumb in Shooglenifty and fits in very well..I reckon.

Check out her music on My Space (Sorry Jack)
http://www.myspace.com/laurabethsalter

and

http://www.mandolin.org.uk/feature/1.htm

It's great to hear the mandolin in such good hands!]]>
She's an extremely versatile player in several genres particularly in American styles. A founder member of The SHEE, she is also presently deputising for Luke Plumb in Shooglenifty and fits in very well..I reckon.

Check out her music on My Space (Sorry Jack)
http://www.myspace.com/laurabethsalter

and

http://www.mandolin.org.uk/feature/1.htm

It's great to hear the mandolin in such good hands!]]> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=492 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:28:21 +0000 nigelgatherer http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=492
There is a fantastic five-hour compilation of radio programmes featuring Jimmie here:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00syqw8
It deals with how he got started in folk music, how he met his musiocal partner Robin Hall, the people he played with, and also features some of his work during his broadcasting years. Grand stuff - although five hours is no quick bite!]]>
There is a fantastic five-hour compilation of radio programmes featuring Jimmie here:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00syqw8
It deals with how he got started in folk music, how he met his musiocal partner Robin Hall, the people he played with, and also features some of his work during his broadcasting years. Grand stuff - although five hours is no quick bite!]]> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=484 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:40:30 +0000 Tosh Marshall http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=484 http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=476 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:57:29 +0000 Jack Campin http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=476
Ian Spring in Edinburgh has just published Peter Buchan's Scottish collection of bawdy songs for the first time since it was compiled in the early 19th century.

Peter Buchan (ed. Ian Spring)
Secret Songs of Silence
ISBN 978-0-9540704-1-0
16 pounds 99 pence
Hog's Back Press
13 Palmerston Place
Edinburgh EH12 5AF
tel +44 (0) 131 538 6732
http://www.hogsbackpress.com]]>
Ian Spring in Edinburgh has just published Peter Buchan's Scottish collection of bawdy songs for the first time since it was compiled in the early 19th century.

Peter Buchan (ed. Ian Spring)
Secret Songs of Silence
ISBN 978-0-9540704-1-0
16 pounds 99 pence
Hog's Back Press
13 Palmerston Place
Edinburgh EH12 5AF
tel +44 (0) 131 538 6732
http://www.hogsbackpress.com]]> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=475 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:25:28 +0000 nigelgatherer http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=475 http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=467 Tue, 25 May 2010 19:01:42 +0000 nigelgatherer http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=467 Nigel Gatherer's Music Store

I'm pleased to announce the opening of my on-line music store, through which I will be selling my books, CDs and other items. To begin with, you can choose from the following:

• Songs and Ballads of Dundee
• Gatherer's Musical Museum
• Nigel Gatherer's Mandolin Chords
• The Joy of Sets Vol.1
• The Joy of Sets Vol.2
• The Joy of Sets Vol.3
• The Joy of Sets Vol.4
• Slow Session Book of Tunes
• Nigel Gatherer's Notebook 1
• Nigel Gatherer's Notebook 2
• Nigel Gatherer's Notebook 3
• Beginning to Read Music by Sarah Northcott
  

I'll be including a number of free downloads as well, so feel free to browse often and see what's new. Any comments gratefully received.]]> Nigel Gatherer's Music Store

I'm pleased to announce the opening of my on-line music store, through which I will be selling my books, CDs and other items. To begin with, you can choose from the following:

• Songs and Ballads of Dundee
• Gatherer's Musical Museum
• Nigel Gatherer's Mandolin Chords
• The Joy of Sets Vol.1
• The Joy of Sets Vol.2
• The Joy of Sets Vol.3
• The Joy of Sets Vol.4
• Slow Session Book of Tunes
• Nigel Gatherer's Notebook 1
• Nigel Gatherer's Notebook 2
• Nigel Gatherer's Notebook 3
• Beginning to Read Music by Sarah Northcott
  

I'll be including a number of free downloads as well, so feel free to browse often and see what's new. Any comments gratefully received.]]> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=462 Fri, 14 May 2010 07:25:40 +0000 Eric Renshaw http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=462
If you would like to hear this, an mp3 version of the recording can be heard by clicking on the 'Wake up, My Heart ... mp3' link in the first post on

http://www.mandolincafe.com
/forum/showthread.php?61811-New-piece-from-Estoni
[remove the line break]

Just ignore the totally-off-the-wall comments that follow it on the thread.

Enjoy, Eric]]>
If you would like to hear this, an mp3 version of the recording can be heard by clicking on the 'Wake up, My Heart ... mp3' link in the first post on

http://www.mandolincafe.com
/forum/showthread.php?61811-New-piece-from-Estoni
[remove the line break]

Just ignore the totally-off-the-wall comments that follow it on the thread.

Enjoy, Eric]]> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=455 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:49:55 +0000 Beginner Sandra http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=455 http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=445 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:16:33 +0000 nigelgatherer http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=445
Set 1: The Periwig - Scots reels: The Periwig/The Night We Had the Goats/Elizabeth’s Big Coat
Set 2: Two American tunes: Down Home Waltz/Seneca Square Dance
Set 3: Happy - Scottish reels: Salmon Tails Up the Water/Happy We’ve Been A-Thegither/Major Malley’s
Set 4: Young Man - Scottish jigs: There Cam a Young Man/Cape North Jig/Gie Me a Lass Wi’ a Lump o’ Land
Set 5: Johnny Lad - Scottish reels: Johnny Lad/Lord Dalhousie/The Highlandman Who Kissed his Mother
Set 6: The Meeting of the Waters
Set 7: Navvies - hornpipes: The Navvy On the Line/The Showman’s Fancy
Set 8: Dublin Polkas: St Mary’s Polka/Church Street Polka
Set 9: Oidche Mhath Leibh
Set 10: Strathspey & reel: John Brown’s/West Kilbride
Set 11: Strathspey & reel: Uist Dance/Rachel Rae
Set 12: The Auld Five - Shetland reels: Jack Broke da Prison Door/Donald Blue/Sleep Soond ida Moarnin/Lasses Trust in Providence/Da Boannie Isle o’ Whalsay
Set 13: West Edinburgh Jigs: Cowan Road/Gorgie Farm/The Tailor-Made Jig
Set 14: Bonnie Lass Come Ower the Burn]]>
Set 1: The Periwig - Scots reels: The Periwig/The Night We Had the Goats/Elizabeth’s Big Coat
Set 2: Two American tunes: Down Home Waltz/Seneca Square Dance
Set 3: Happy - Scottish reels: Salmon Tails Up the Water/Happy We’ve Been A-Thegither/Major Malley’s
Set 4: Young Man - Scottish jigs: There Cam a Young Man/Cape North Jig/Gie Me a Lass Wi’ a Lump o’ Land
Set 5: Johnny Lad - Scottish reels: Johnny Lad/Lord Dalhousie/The Highlandman Who Kissed his Mother
Set 6: The Meeting of the Waters
Set 7: Navvies - hornpipes: The Navvy On the Line/The Showman’s Fancy
Set 8: Dublin Polkas: St Mary’s Polka/Church Street Polka
Set 9: Oidche Mhath Leibh
Set 10: Strathspey & reel: John Brown’s/West Kilbride
Set 11: Strathspey & reel: Uist Dance/Rachel Rae
Set 12: The Auld Five - Shetland reels: Jack Broke da Prison Door/Donald Blue/Sleep Soond ida Moarnin/Lasses Trust in Providence/Da Boannie Isle o’ Whalsay
Set 13: West Edinburgh Jigs: Cowan Road/Gorgie Farm/The Tailor-Made Jig
Set 14: Bonnie Lass Come Ower the Burn]]> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=443 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:19:11 +0000 nigelgatherer http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=443
I welcome the publication of this book. The mandolin had never been prominent in the traditional music of Scotland, but it has certainly played a part. It is apt that Dagger’s name is on it, as he was the first person to release a dedicated Scots mandolin recording (Highland Mandolin in 1988), and he’s been part of the resurgence of the mandolin in Scotland over the past twenty years.

The book admits that it’s a tunebook with tips; in other words it uses the music itself to inform about style and technique. I might have preferred that the author had assumed that the reader had a little knowledge of the mandolin before starting, but Dagger has chosen to give a lightning tour of the basics: holding the pick, fingering, tremolo, and so on.

There are two pages of chord symbols, which is useful to a point, but the mistake is made of offering too many chords. In such a compact journey through Scottish music, less would have been more, in my view. Also, after stating that it is “helpful to have some knowledge of basic...chords”, we are given so-called “power chords” (or “fifth” chords) as if they were full chords; I would have liked to see an explanation of such chords, or even missing them out altogether. This is nitpicking, however, and does not really detract from the book.

The music choice is excellent with some old tunes, some modern ones, some faster tunes, some slower; a good cross-section of music played in Scotland. Roderick Campbell’s tune “Mrs Campbell of Shinness” is there, but given the common misnomer “Miss Campbell of Sheerness” - a fine tune in any case. I was very happy to see Dagger’s own melody “The Lambing Storm” here taking its worthy place alongside all the other great tunes.

I’d have no problem recommending this book. As an introduction to Scottish music played on the mandolin it strikes just the right balance between technique and tunes. The addition of the CD of musical examples is not just a bonus, but a valuable companion to the book. In my opinion Dagger has done a great job with this book, and I’m pleased to own it.

To buy: Taigh na Teud.]]>
I welcome the publication of this book. The mandolin had never been prominent in the traditional music of Scotland, but it has certainly played a part. It is apt that Dagger’s name is on it, as he was the first person to release a dedicated Scots mandolin recording (Highland Mandolin in 1988), and he’s been part of the resurgence of the mandolin in Scotland over the past twenty years.

The book admits that it’s a tunebook with tips; in other words it uses the music itself to inform about style and technique. I might have preferred that the author had assumed that the reader had a little knowledge of the mandolin before starting, but Dagger has chosen to give a lightning tour of the basics: holding the pick, fingering, tremolo, and so on.

There are two pages of chord symbols, which is useful to a point, but the mistake is made of offering too many chords. In such a compact journey through Scottish music, less would have been more, in my view. Also, after stating that it is “helpful to have some knowledge of basic...chords”, we are given so-called “power chords” (or “fifth” chords) as if they were full chords; I would have liked to see an explanation of such chords, or even missing them out altogether. This is nitpicking, however, and does not really detract from the book.

The music choice is excellent with some old tunes, some modern ones, some faster tunes, some slower; a good cross-section of music played in Scotland. Roderick Campbell’s tune “Mrs Campbell of Shinness” is there, but given the common misnomer “Miss Campbell of Sheerness” - a fine tune in any case. I was very happy to see Dagger’s own melody “The Lambing Storm” here taking its worthy place alongside all the other great tunes.

I’d have no problem recommending this book. As an introduction to Scottish music played on the mandolin it strikes just the right balance between technique and tunes. The addition of the CD of musical examples is not just a bonus, but a valuable companion to the book. In my opinion Dagger has done a great job with this book, and I’m pleased to own it.

To buy: Taigh na Teud.]]> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=431 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:57:29 +0000 alistair http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=431 There are lots of clips on YouTube of performances on instruments specially constructed to play in this scale, e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpZ5bdeVWoY which has a kind of klezmer feel to it.
Since it was only invented about thirty years ago, I guess there won't be much so far in the way of "traditional" music using this scale. I would imagine though that fiddlers could learn to use the Bohlen-Pierce scale without requiring a specially constructed violin.]]> There are lots of clips on YouTube of performances on instruments specially constructed to play in this scale, e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpZ5bdeVWoY which has a kind of klezmer feel to it.
Since it was only invented about thirty years ago, I guess there won't be much so far in the way of "traditional" music using this scale. I would imagine though that fiddlers could learn to use the Bohlen-Pierce scale without requiring a specially constructed violin.]]> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=430 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:37:07 +0000 nigelgatherer http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=430 more details). He has been described as "the last of the old fiddler-dancing masters", and I have a memory of seeing a clip of a film of Reid dancing while playing the fiddle. It was probably on television, but I really can't remember. I've had a search on the internet to no avail - does this ring a bell with anyone?]]> more details). He has been described as "the last of the old fiddler-dancing masters", and I have a memory of seeing a clip of a film of Reid dancing while playing the fiddle. It was probably on television, but I really can't remember. I've had a search on the internet to no avail - does this ring a bell with anyone?]]> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=425 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:50:48 +0000 Moxhe http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=425 I recently discovered a few great tune by a certain "Charlie Sherrit", a composer from (?) Aberdeen.
Does anyone have more information about him ? Biographical details, list of tunes,...
Thanks a lot in advance.]]> I recently discovered a few great tune by a certain "Charlie Sherrit", a composer from (?) Aberdeen.
Does anyone have more information about him ? Biographical details, list of tunes,...
Thanks a lot in advance.]]> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=423 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:02:47 +0000 nigelgatherer http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=423 http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=418 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:04:00 +0000 nigelgatherer http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=418
vimeo.com/5732745]]>
vimeo.com/5732745]]> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=393 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:46:51 +0000 nigelgatherer http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=393
Alistair's Website

News of his death, and tributes]]>
Alistair's Website

News of his death, and tributes]]> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=373 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:18:16 +0000 nigelgatherer http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=373 Arthur Scott Robertson

Arthur Scott Robertson, Champion's Choice (Spectrum Records FLP 5020, n.d.)



Like many fiddlers from Shetland, Arthur Scott Robertson (1911-2000)
loved Scottish fiddle music, and it was in this genre that he won the Scottish Fiddle Championship competition of 1969. His first recording shorty afterwards was Scotland's Champion Fiddler, and was followed by this one. Robertson was also a prolific composer, publishing his Musical Reflections in five volumes in the 1980s.

01 The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord/Tulchan Lodge/The Burn o' Forgue
02 Mrs Maj Stewart of Java/25 KOSB's Farewell to Meerut/Jenny Dang the Weaver
03 Captain Campbell/Mrs MacPherson of Inveran
04 Scott Skinner's Compliments to Dr Donald/Sandy Cameron/Gavin McMillan
05 Lament for Sir Harry Lumsden/The Fiddler's Cramp [h]
06 Mull of the High Mountains/Whistle O'er the Lave O't/The Flowers of Edinburgh
07 The College Hornpipe/The Rocket Hornpipe/Adrian Stuart
08 The Blackthorn Stick/The Rollicking Irishman/The Irish Washerwoman
09 Rose Wood/Leaving Lismore/74th's Farewell to Edinburgh
10 The Rakes of Kildare/Robbie's Wedding/Tom O' Browland
11 Morag of Dunvegan/Mrs Charles Sutherland/Charles Sutherland
12 The Mason's Apron
13 Fyvie Castle/Johnny Cope
14 JO Forbes of Corse/The Champion Hornpipe
15 Farewell to Huntly/Blair Drummond/Marquis of Tullibardine

Download]]> Arthur Scott Robertson

Arthur Scott Robertson, Champion's Choice (Spectrum Records FLP 5020, n.d.)



Like many fiddlers from Shetland, Arthur Scott Robertson (1911-2000)
loved Scottish fiddle music, and it was in this genre that he won the Scottish Fiddle Championship competition of 1969. His first recording shorty afterwards was Scotland's Champion Fiddler, and was followed by this one. Robertson was also a prolific composer, publishing his Musical Reflections in five volumes in the 1980s.

01 The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord/Tulchan Lodge/The Burn o' Forgue
02 Mrs Maj Stewart of Java/25 KOSB's Farewell to Meerut/Jenny Dang the Weaver
03 Captain Campbell/Mrs MacPherson of Inveran
04 Scott Skinner's Compliments to Dr Donald/Sandy Cameron/Gavin McMillan
05 Lament for Sir Harry Lumsden/The Fiddler's Cramp [h]
06 Mull of the High Mountains/Whistle O'er the Lave O't/The Flowers of Edinburgh
07 The College Hornpipe/The Rocket Hornpipe/Adrian Stuart
08 The Blackthorn Stick/The Rollicking Irishman/The Irish Washerwoman
09 Rose Wood/Leaving Lismore/74th's Farewell to Edinburgh
10 The Rakes of Kildare/Robbie's Wedding/Tom O' Browland
11 Morag of Dunvegan/Mrs Charles Sutherland/Charles Sutherland
12 The Mason's Apron
13 Fyvie Castle/Johnny Cope
14 JO Forbes of Corse/The Champion Hornpipe
15 Farewell to Huntly/Blair Drummond/Marquis of Tullibardine

Download]]> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=369 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:18:12 +0000 nigelgatherer http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=369 Quote:...your very first Slow Session book (which not so many folk have now)...BTW, any chance that you'll ever do a re-run of that first Slow session book, or incorporate some of the tunes into the next session book?
You're not the only one to ask, Trish, so watch this space.

The book that Trish is talking about is a book I made for one of my classes, and I made a few extras to give to people. I don't want to publish it again, and I may re-use some of the tunes for the next Joy of Sets volume. However, I have made it available as a PDF file, from which you can make up your own A5 book. Print the odd pages, turn the sheets over and print the even pages. You might have to do some experimenting with your own printer, but you'll get there eventually, I hope!

Slow Session Book (facsimile)]]> Quote:...your very first Slow Session book (which not so many folk have now)...BTW, any chance that you'll ever do a re-run of that first Slow session book, or incorporate some of the tunes into the next session book?
You're not the only one to ask, Trish, so watch this space.

The book that Trish is talking about is a book I made for one of my classes, and I made a few extras to give to people. I don't want to publish it again, and I may re-use some of the tunes for the next Joy of Sets volume. However, I have made it available as a PDF file, from which you can make up your own A5 book. Print the odd pages, turn the sheets over and print the even pages. You might have to do some experimenting with your own printer, but you'll get there eventually, I hope!

Slow Session Book (facsimile)]]> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=364 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:35:00 +0000 http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=364 My favorite musical instruments are drums, guitar and flutes.
What are your favorite musical instruments?]]> My favorite musical instruments are drums, guitar and flutes.
What are your favorite musical instruments?]]> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=360 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:39:37 +0000 http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=360 Post here your favorite bands. Mine are listed below.
Metallica,
Enslaved,
Iron Maiden,
Iron Savior,
Legacy,
Kamelot,
Bon Jovi and
Fleetwood Mac.]]> Post here your favorite bands. Mine are listed below.
Metallica,
Enslaved,
Iron Maiden,
Iron Savior,
Legacy,
Kamelot,
Bon Jovi and
Fleetwood Mac.]]>