Dec 14, 2005 gordon duncan 14 may 1964 14 december 2005 was a bagpiper, low whistle player and composer, born in turriff, aberdeenshire. When gordon duncan was a member of the vale of atholl pipe band, he and brother ian released this collection of tunes in 1987, and it has now been republished after a few year outofprint. Fiddle grade 4 exam with pam, qs and technical requirements scottish music graded exams fiddle grade 4 20142020. Taxes are charged in the following regions either by the seller, per their tax policy, or. Sometimes slightly differently, sometimes exactly the same.
Just for gordon by gordon duncan on amazon music unlimited. I thought about creating some kind of dictionary based on theme notes, or searching through bww files for sequences. Playfords dancing master of 1651 has some scottish irish tunes. Duncan balnauld cottage pipe major bill hepburn pipe major sandy spence harmony farewell to halkirk. A different box using the contraplane as a face leads to an interesting set of box puzzles. After the untimely passing of gordon duncan it was decided to set up a trust in his name. The gordon duncan memorial trust released this, a second collection of the late, great piper and whistle player gordon duncan. The gay gordons the greatest scottish country dance tunes by. Musicnotes features the world s largest online digital sheet music catalogue with over 300,000 arrangements available to print and play instantly. They wrote numerous crime fiction novels, some of which were filmed. With a current death toll of 19more people are presumed dead but their body s have not been found it is the deadliest shooting in modern canadian history. Duncan, gordon a few tunes and mair tartantown ltd. Duncan, balnauld cottage, pipe major bill hepburn, pipe major sandy spence, farewell to halkirk, tartan day, the gladiator, sir james of the old port, alexs haircut, blow my chanter, jig obeer, the pitlochry high school centenary, more brandy, roll out the snake, rory gallagher, the famous baravan, the gathering, the 98 jig, the soup dragon, the panda, the trip to modera, nae door pibroch, the belly dancer, the sleeping tune, break yer bass drone, andy. The best of the best from a legendary master of science fiction, the first of two volumes.
Gordon duncan s tunes ii contains some real hidden gems, including traditional compositions that gordon made his own. Its building into an interesting collection of tunes were at no. Scots guards volume iii was compiled by brigadier harry nickerson. The gay gordons the greatest scottish country dance tunes. Gordon duncan composed book lines worthy of the best songwriters in history, improvised as well as any jazz musician, played piobaireachd like a classical soloist and grounded all his work firmly on a centuriesold canon of traditional music he loved.
New in print and audio, jacob do bandolim 2 2nd edition if this is your first visit, be. Gordon duncan composed book lines worthy of the best songwriters in history, improvised as well as any jazz musician, played piobaireachd like a classical soloist and grounded all his work firmly on a centuries old. My sources for many of the tunes can be found in the bibliography. This book features many of the tunes that gordon was famous for writing. Read more at wikipedia this entry is from wikipedia. At times the tag of legend is some what over used, not when you mention the name gordon duncan in the same sentence. Omg, you dont know how long i have been waiting for a search engine to find tunes in my head. It is a very corrupted version but is definitely the same tune as gordon duncan s.
Many others were found on the web as abc files, and i transcribed a number of tunes from recordings. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. I have taken the liberty of rearranging quite a few of the tunes presented, sometimes, though not always, to reflect the way they are played in santa cruz sessions. Listen to your favorite songs from just for gordon by gordon duncan now. Gordon, duke 17391800, librarian, son of william gordon, a weaver in the potterrow, edinburgh, was born on 20 may 1739. Based on an extensive body of research and practical field testing by edwin e. Tune list the day the coop flooded march wha saw the 42nd polka mo ghile mear polka the haughs o cromdale. In 1983 9, i introduced a size5 tetrahedron with this feature. This contains many great gordon tunes and arrangements, many of which featured in the selections of the vale in those years, as well. Gordon duncans tunes is a tribute to one of pipings legends. Shop our newest and most popular alan gordon sheet music such as happy together, my heart belongs to me and celebrate, or click the button above to browse all alan gordon sheet music. Customers also bought items by the highland bagpipes scots guards top albums thunderstruck duncan,gordon. A portion of the proceeds of this sale are donated to the gordon duncan memorial trust.
Duncan, pipe major bill hepburn, tartan day, the gladiator, blow my chanter, jig o beer, rory gallagher, the gathering, the trip to modera, nae door pibroch, the belly dancer, the sleeping tune, andy renwick s ferret, just for seamus, pressed for time, tain in the rain, the fourth floor, upside down in eden court, ian. This happens because lots of people like transcribing the tunes. Christmas eve tommy coens reel christmas eve aka tommy coens reel is a must to learn and play during the holiday season. Some notes on ballpyramid and related puzzles leonard gordon.
It features tunes from recitals, concerts and competitions and also tunes from gordons days with the scotrail vale of atholl pipe band. Gordon duncans tunes includes some of the greatest contemporary bagpipe compositions from a gifted piper and composer. The trust aims to preserve and build on gordon duncans legacy by funding and supporting young traditional musicians. Duncan was born in turriff, aberdeenshire on 14 may 1964 to tenant farmer jock duncan, well known as a bothy ballad singer, and his wife frances. Scottish music duncan davidson traditional music library. Musicnotes features the worlds largest online digital sheet music catalogue with over 300,000 arrangements available to print and play instantly. However, the original tune composed by pipe major george s mclennan, entitled the gordon highlanders march is played most often. With a proud tradition of not only providing for the current needs but also innovating for the future of the motion picture industry, alan gordon enterprises has a variety of proprietary motion picture industry products that are.
With downloadable sheetmusic scores, chords, tabs for guitar, mp3 audio, midi and pdf. Initially taught by his father, gordon began his piping career at the age of 10, winning many junior. Sheet music for the boys lament for his dragon the 72nds farewell to aberdeen by traditional scottish, arranged for flute solo. Gordon duncan s tunes includes some of the greatest contemporary bagpipe compositions from a gifted piper and composer. Gordon duncan 14 may 1964 14 december 2005 was a bagpiper, low whistle player and composer, born in turriff, aberdeenshire. The gordons were crime fiction authors gordon gordon born march 12, 1906, anderson, indiana died march 14, 2002, and his wife, mildred nixon gordon born june 24, 1912, kansas died february 3, 1979, tucson, arizona. Book one of gordons compositions was released in 2007 and have sold more than 5000 copies since launch. New in print and audio, jacob do bandolim 2 2nd edition if this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Mar 24, 2018 gordon, duke 17391800, librarian, son of william gordon, a weaver in the potterrow, edinburgh, was born on 20 may 1739. The heat released for a given amount of water is called the latent. Andy renwick s favourite ferret hornpipe gordon duncan c. Tune list the day the coop flooded march wha saw the 42nd polka mo ghile mear polka the haughs o cromdale polka fest. In case you havent, in short a gunman used a federal police cruiser and uniform to get closer to victims and ultimately kill more people.
Help finding sheet music for the sleeping tune by gordan. The gordon duncan memorial trust was set up in 2007 to promote and support traditional music. Fedex is default if no preference, otherwise ups or usps can be done. Gordon duncan s tunes is a tribute to one of pipings legends. Dickson, volume i, gathers together fourteen stories, predominantly from the first half of legendary science fiction and fantasy writer gordon r.
Gordon, duke dnb00 wikisource, the free online library. However, under the guidance of his brother pipe major ian duncan, the first volume of gordon duncans tunes is now published. Read more at wikipedia this entry is from wikipedia, the user. Gordon duncan 19642005 was one of a young generation of scottish pipers who opened up the piping scene to a more innovative approach. He began playing at the age of 8, taught initially by his father and his older brother iain duncan, himself a successful piper and pipe major. His father gave him his baptismal name from a clannish feeling for the duke of gordon. Some notes on ballpyramid and related puzzles leonard. The interlocking potential of contra pieces is evident. With a current death toll of 19more people are presumed dead but their bodys have not been found it is the deadliest shooting in modern canadian history. Duncan balnauld cottage pipe major bill hepburn pipe major sandy spence harmony. Duncan, pipe major bill hepburn, tartan day, the gladiator, blow my chanter, jig o beer, rory gallagher, the gathering, the trip to modera, nae door pibroch, the belly dancer, the sleeping tune, andy renwicks ferret, just for seamus, pressed for time, tain in the rain, the fourth floor, upside down in eden court, ian. Dicksons career, ranging from the early 1950s through the 1960s, including tales dragons, dolphins, aliens, werewolves, mutants and.
Featuring the infamous and everpopular arrangement of acdc s thunderstruck amongst the collection, this is a must have for all pipers. However, under the guidance of his brother pipe major ian duncan, this first volume of gordon duncan s tunes is now published. Although gordon duncan s tunes are well known throughout the traditional music scene in many parts of the world, very few of his compositions have been published in print. Of 54 of paddy obriens arrangments of traditional irish tunes abc, pdf, psg, notes. Stream adfree or purchase cd s and mp3s now on amazon. Named for the gordon highlanders, this dance remains very popular and is danced to any 44 march. The gordon duncan memorial trust is a registered charity formed following the tragic death of the groundbreaking perthshire piper and composer in 2005. Profits from the sale of this book all go directly to the gordon duncan memorial trust. Parcels shipped only to billing address of credit card or paypal account.
Ian and gordon duncan a few tunes and mair for the highland bagpipe. The trust decided a second collection of gordon s missings tunes and arrangements of traditional compositions had to follow. Gordon duncans tunes book 2 contact us for all non uk shipping book 2 in the series from the legendary contemporary bagpipe music composer gordon duncan. Although gordon duncans tunes are well known throughout the traditional music scene in many parts of the world, very few of his compositions have been published in print. The trust decided a second collection of gordons missings tunes and arrangements of traditional compositions had to follow. Additional tunes have been added by exvale players gary west, ross ainslie, ali hutton and stevie saint. A percentage of the proceeds from this book will go to the gordon duncan memorial trust, which has been established to promote piping and other traditional music. The longanticipated book two of the legendary piper gordon duncan s tune collection of marches, polkas, jigs, piobaireachd, slow airs, dances and reels. The music is in piping notation, but the tunes can be played by folk bands, dance bands and others. Both attended the university of arizona where they met and later married in 1932. The trust decided a second collection of gordons missing tunes had to follow.
You can find this sheet music in any of these products. Join to listen to great radio shows, dj mix sets and podcasts. Gordon and others, music learning theory is a comprehensive method for teaching audiation, gordons term for the ability to think music in the mind with understanding. Incredibly, this tune appears in the scots guards standard settings of pipe music volume iii published 2012 as a strathspey with the composer given as pipemajor i. Please dont post the abc it here, learning it by ear is my very long term project and i assume it is in the collection of his tunes which we ought to buy david50 yes, i play a few gd tunes myself and would consider it unethical to post them here given that, as you correctly state, there is a collection available.
Soon after gordons birth, jock joined the north of scotland hydroelectric board and moved to pitlochry after a brief spell in thurso. Help finding sheet music for the sleeping tune by gordan duncan. A searchable collection of tunes in a variety of formats abc, gif, txt, pdf and midi. Soon after gordon s birth, jock joined the north of scotland hydroelectric board and moved to pitlochry after a brief spell in thurso. The gay gordons the greatest scottish country dance tunes, an album by various artists on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Many original tunes are included along with some vale favourites of that era.
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