For enthusiasts of early banjo
Tullochgorum
From Buckley 1860. The dotted rhythm is found only in the first line, but I compared this to the original found here http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/search.php?filter=Title&keyword=tullochgorum&search=search
and kept the figure throughout. I'm not even sure how to pronounce this correctly. If Rob pops in, perhaps he can tell us how, and give us a little history of the tradition of this song.
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Comment by Ian Bell on June 3, 2010 at 7:47pm
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Come gie's your hand Montgomery cried
And lay your disputes a' aside
What nonsense 'tis for folks to chide
For what's been done before 'em
Let Whig & Tory all agree
Whig and Tory - Whig and Tory
Whig and Tory all agree
And mak' a cheerful quorum
Let whig and Tory all agree
To spend this night in mirth and glee
And cheerful sing along with me
The reel of Tullochgorum
From memory - how'd I do Rob? There are four or five more verses!
Pronounced about the way it looks - Tullock-gorum
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Should be "gies a song"
A great 18th century song about putting politic differences aside in the interest of singing, fiddling and dancing.
Still commonly played as a strathspey in Canada (especially Cape Breton)
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Comment by Tim Twiss on June 3, 2010 at 10:36pm
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Thanks Ian.
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Comment by Rob MacKillop on June 6, 2010 at 1:16am
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Yes, a weel-kent, or well-known tune, and mostly dotted as in your performance, Tim.
The ch is not the same as ck, Ian. It should be more gutteral, back of the throat.
Looks like a good piece for working on your intonation. Tim's is good. Mine not so. I think I'll dig it out and have a go.
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Spent a couple of hours on it this Sunday morning, mostly on trying to work out a sensible way of plotting the notes on the 'fretboard'. Here is my tab - very different from Tim's, but no better or worse. Just one of many possibilities: Tullochgorumb Banjo.pdf
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Tim, does this book (Buckley's 1860) exist as a PDF anywhere? Bob - I'll work on the Scots throat-clearing sound. My Glaswegian friend Enoch does it all the time.
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I don't know. I may put it up in the Clubhouse, as I have secured it from Brown and have permissions. This is one you can actually still purchase. In the meantime, do you want a few pages?
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I'd be happy to buy it. Is this a Tuckahoe production?
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I got mine from Elderly http://elderly.com/books/items/351-3.htm - but I fear they might not any back in stock for a long time.
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Comment by Trapdoor2 on June 8, 2010 at 12:57pm
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If I can just find the box in which it is packed away, I have an original...if Tim is reluctant to post his copies, mine is "in the que" to be photographed and converted to .pdf.
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