I'm only playing in D min!

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Re: I'm only playing in D min!

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Cathy Wilde wrote:I mentioned The Ewe in the piping thread but I don't know if I mentioned *my* favorite ... The Tempest. I'm not sure it's technically in D Dorian but it's got some nice bendy F naturals in just the right place.
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! I learnt The Tempest generations ago, from John Kelly. I love it! My version, though, is the weirdest Tempest I've come across. No thirds and all Cs sharp in the first part, except one Cnat in the last but one bar, and Fnats with all Cs sharp in the second part, except one Cnat in the last but one bar (equivalent bar to the one at the end of the first part). I'll try and post the ABCs in a bit ...
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I've heard it go both ways. I think the McCarthys may mix it up like that a little on at least one pass. The Clare thing again - that's where Tommy McCarthy was from. Wasn't John Kelly, too?
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Cathy Wilde wrote:I've heard it go both ways. I think the McCarthys may mix it up like that a little on at least one pass. The Clare thing again - that's where Tommy McCarthy was from. Wasn't John Kelly, too?
Yes. That he was. :D
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