Category: Arrangements

I’m not going to put up dots for the arrangement we tried last week as we have used the Nick Wyke and Becki Driscoll arrangement as a base and that is not mine to share! The elements we have taken from it to use this week are:

1. a long ostinato that goes over two bars
2. a short ostinato that cycles over three bars
3. long notes that can also be used as in a shuffle rhythm
4. Playing the tune in unision/octaves with no chords
5. Playing the tune with a pedal G (tonic) underneath throughout
6. Tune with chords as devised lat week, including a pedal D chord (dominant) that mirrors the tonic pedal that we also tried
7. Extending the tune by repeating one phrase several times
8. Using a chord sequence that doesn’t resolve to the tonic of G at the end of each phrase (from the long notes pattern)
9. Book-ending the tune with intro and outro sections that are very similar

Idbury Hill/Sheriff’s Ride

Captain Leno’s/Major Mackie

Uncle Bernard’s/Grandfather’s Tune

Mairi’s Wedding/Peat Fire Flame

Hector the Hero

Kafoozalum

Rusty Gully/Pawkie Adam Glen

Lilting Banshee/My Darling Asleep

Star Above the Garter

And finally, the arrangements for our last few tunes – we will run through all arrangements on Monday 28th.

Star Above the Garter:

Uncle Bernard’s/Grandfather’s Tune

Lilting Banshee and My Darling Asleep

Captain Lanoe’s/Major Mackie’s:

Hector the Hero harmony and arrangement:

Mairi’s Wedding/Peat Fire Flame arrangment:

Rusty Gully/Pawkie Adam Glen arrangement:

On this Monday (21st) we will look at The Lilting Banshee/May Darling Asleep, Uncle Bernard’s/Grandfather’s, Star Above the Garter and Idbury Hill/Sheriff’s Ride.

I’ve given you three files here, the first is the complete arrangement of the set in written out instructions. The other two are the compact scores for Captain Leno’s and Major Mackie. I’ve also made a video of the rhythmic variation for the B sections of Major Mackie.