Cuimhne an Phiobaire

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 8:12 am

I am looking for a setting of this air, preferably in standard notation, anybody have any suggestions where I might find it? Thanks.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:18 am

Are you sure about the spelling, Joe? Looks like something to do with remembering the piper. Where are you getting this from? Do you know of the English name for this tune? Might make it easier to help you out.

djm

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:23 am

In English "The Piper Remembered". I first heard on the Chieftains '7' many years ago, and more recently On a Sean Potts piping CD.

Sorry, I had mispelled it in the header...all better now.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:38 am

Aha! From Ceolas:

CHUIMHNE AN PHIOBAIRE (The Piper Remembered). Irish, Slow Air. A modern composition by Chieftains piper Seán Potts, in memory of his grandfather, John Potts, a Dublin piper. Columbia 35612, "The Chieftains 7" (1978).

Since its a modern composition, the likelyhood of finding it transcribed is small. I'm not finding it anywhere. Small wonder it was his son who tried to revive it.

Looks like you're going to have to do this the hard way, dude, and slow it down to extract the tune note by note. Yuck! I wish you luck.

djm

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:43 am

...I suspected as much. No problem...just thought I would try to cheat first.

It's a mighty tune, and one that has been haunting me for decades!

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:52 am

Yeah, I know what you mean. Thai food affects me like that. I can taste it crawling up the back of my throat for days afterwards.

djm

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 10:00 am

Thanks.

boyd · Post by **boyd** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 4:07 am

Version of the tune in your PM

Boyd

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 5:57 am

Thanks again Boyd.

boyd · Post by **boyd** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 7:01 am

My private message box has been busy receiving requests for the notes for this tune.

So here you are:

I play this air, pretty much the same version as Seán Óg plays on his piping CD on a B set. His Da played it on the Best of the Chieftains on a C whistle. I got both versions by ear.
I've learnt it in two keys as a result:
the notes without time values [USE YOUR EARS FOR THAT!] are

AcdA2G2E3D3 dedcAGAcd ~fe~fdcAGE c2 de3dcAG2AD3
de~feddcAcdA2 b2g2e3 ddcAcd d3 bgb d2e~fedcAGABc2
de3d2cAG3A2D3 [c's and f's are natural....must be in D minor]

This is from memory, so won't be accurate...I'd need to sit down with me pipes. But listen to a recording and you'll work out your own version. Either use a key for the Fnaturals or play e and ease the chanter off the knee with extra pressure on the bag

The other version I have starts:

BdeB2A2#F3E3 etc as played on a C whistle by Sean's father....took me a while to realise that was why I couldn't sound at all like him when I played along with a D whistle using the piping version [above].

Boyd

JamieKerr · Post by **JamieKerr** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:21 am

Hi,

Last night, I came across a jpeg score for this air. Please send me a private message with your email address if you'd like a copy.

Jamie

tommykleen · Post by **tommykleen** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:12 am

[ Thread revival. - Mod ]

I sing "Oh Danny Boy" to this air. Just to put ODB in his place. Try it: it's a perfect fit.

tommykleen

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