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COMMENT(S): Skinner's "The Flower o' the Quern" a fiddle classic that translates beautifully to pipes
Published: April 04, 2011
Author: Trailertam | (report inappropriate content) |
| I have always known this tune as "The flour o' the quern" with a quern being a hollow stone used for milling corn to produce flour. I often wondered why such a beautiful slow air was composed for a strenuous job of milling corn, and now I know. |
Published: March 29, 2011
Author: Charlie | (report inappropriate content) |
| Thanks to Jim for all the very interesting articles he has produced through the years. Thanks also to Janette Montague for what Jim rightly refers to as "elegant" harmonies. Perhaps Janet could be persuaded to follow with a series of articles on identifying the chord progressions in pipe music and how she produced such a beautiful harmony for this tune. Although I've been playing the pipes for over forty years, I find it much easier to compose tunes than to produce quality "seconds" or harmonies that add such depth to the music. |
Published: March 28, 2011
Author: RobMenzies | (report inappropriate content) |
| Another great job Jim, thanks again. Very nice arrangement as well. Cheers Rob! |
Published: March 27, 2011
Author: StephenMacNeil | (report inappropriate content) |
| My dad often tells a story of visiting the famed Cape Breton composer/fiddle player Dan Rory "Dan R" MacDonald in his autum years in Inverness county, Nova Scotia. "Dan R" being bed ridden at this time welcome my dad into his room for a visit. The only things in the room were a bed and a framed picture of Scott Skinner above the headboard with a nail driven thru Skinners forehead thru the frame into the wall.....Many believe Skinner did more to change the "pure" Scottish music style than any other, blending it with the classical/popular music of the day. That being said his 16 or so parts of classic "Tulloch Gorm" is genius..... |
Published: March 27, 2011
Author: brucegpiper | (report inappropriate content) |
| thanks Jim !!! I honestly did not know anything about J Scott Skinner, apart from a few of his tunes and that he came from near Aberdeen. a Great Read here !!!
Bruce Gandy | |
