5/07/06 Rolling Waves, Abbey Reel, Miss Gordon of Gight

TonyHiggins · Post by **TonyHiggins** » Mon May 08, 2006 1:01 am

05/07/06 Welcome to Patrick Jacob, from Membruggen Belgium, who sends a jig, The Rolling Waves, on pipes, and The Abbey Reel on low f whistle.

Tony Higgins plays a Scottish reel, Miss Gordon of Gight on low a whistle.

Lee Stanford · Post by **Lee Stanford** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:46 am

Tony, do you have the sheet music for miss gordon of gight? It doesn't seem to be on the Session. org Beautiful tune.

Lee

TonyHiggins · Post by **TonyHiggins** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:54 am

I learned the tune from an Alistair Frasier cd (Scottish fiddle player). I changed the octave of a few notes and the entire second half to fit the whistle. I couldn't stand hitting a 3rd octave d (if it were a d whistle), and substituting a different note didn't sound good to me either. I'll post a transcription here. Hopefully tonight.
Tony

TonyHiggins · Post by **TonyHiggins** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:30 pm

Here are the notes as promised:

BEGB ebge (3def) dB AFDF
EGB(AG) FAdB AFDF GE EG:|

GBdB cBAG FGAB AFDA
GBd(cB) cBAG FDAF EFEF
GBdB cBAG FGAB AFDA
BAGF EFGE dBAF GE E2

Capital letters are lower octave, lower case: upper octave.
(3def) is a triplet
(cB) has the value of one beat.
F is sharped, c is natural.
Remember to really sustain the first note of each group of four. Or something like that.
Tony

Lee Stanford · Post by **Lee Stanford** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 8:58 pm

Thanks Tony!