Author: Jack Taylor
It is curious that the tune we know as Lament for Patrick Og MacCrimmon, said to have been composed by Iain Dall MacKay on hearing a false report of Patrick Og’s death, is known in the Campbell Canntaireachd as Couloddin’s Lament. Ronald Smith speculates why here, and wonders if the tune was in fact a […]
Author: Jack Taylor
Here, played by Patrick Molard is the strangely named “Comely Tune” as it appears in the Campbell Canntaireachd, where it has no name. The opening vocables are Hindo rodin, repeated 3 times, and it is tune 53 in the first volume of the Campbell MS. And here is “One of the Cragich”, one of the […]
Author: Jack Taylor
Thanks to Alan Forbes for preparing this list of additional notes about the tunes set for the Silver Medal 2017. Please contact us with any queries. Notes on 2017 Silver Medal Tunes
Author: Jack Taylor
Can anyone identify this tune? The player is Iain MacFadyen. Answers here please. Tune name will be announced. No prizes except the warm glow.