The town of pitlochry in northcentral scotland was mobbed with an estimated 500 mourners who came to pay their last respects to gordon duncan, one of the worlds greatest pipers and composers who died suddenly on december 14. Instrumental groups from the various areas which held a feis were invited to perform at invernesss eden court theatre. The craig duncan master fiddle solo collection paperback july 2, 2015. Must be over 10 years ago now, there was a tv programme about the feiseann movement in scotland, possibly celebrating their 20th anniversary in teaching traditional scottish music. Featuring the infamous and everpopular arrangement of acdcs thunderstruck amongst the collection, this is a must have for all pipers. His stunning compositions have featured in his own groundbreaking recordings and studio sessions, in his work with top scottish traditional music bands, and in the medleys of many topgrade pipe bands, especially those of which he was a member.
However there was not enough to create a book on that alone, so the trust decided to use the missing tunes and some of gordons more iconic arrangements to create gordon duncans tunes book 2. The trust decided a second collection of gordons missings tunes and arrangements of traditional compositions had to follow. He has been in several of the hottest bluegrass groups during this period, including longview, rock county, and lonesome standard time. Gordon duncan 19642005 was one of a young generation of scottish pipers who opened up the piping scene to a more innovative approach. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover duncans connections and jobs at similar companies. Profits from the sale of this book all go directly to the gordon duncan memorial trust. Gordon duncans tunes is a tribute to one of pipings legends. Gordon duncan is an actor, known for full metal jacket 1987. The walter and duncan gordon foundation was founded in 1965 by walter l.
Gordon duncan s tunes includes some of the greatest contemporary bagpipe compositions from a gifted piper and composer. Duncan balnauld cottage pipe major bill hepburn pipe major sandy spence harmony farewell to halkirk. It may not contain offmarket and private sales, properties with unknown sold dates, sales while at another agency and sales that may be exclusively listed on other websites. Gordon duncans tunes is a compilation of compositions for the bagpipe from the talented piper gordon duncan. Walter gordon was a canadian businessman and politician. Charles duncan historical records and family trees myheritage. Gordon duncans tunes includes some of the greatest contemporary bagpipe compositions from a gifted piper and composer. Sleeping tune by gordon duncan this is a new tune for me, being its from gordon its too good.
At times the tag of legend is some what over used, not when you mention the name gordon duncan in the same sentence. Margaret was born on april 5 1822, in kirkcaldy, fife, scotland. Fiddle grade 4 exam with pam, qs and technical requirements scottish music graded exams fiddle grade 4 20142020. Gordon duncan im a writer, consultant, pastor, teacher with interests in theology, optometry, running, and my family. Soon after gordon s birth, jock joined the north of scotland hydroelectric board and moved to pitlochry after a brief spell in thurso. 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. Also features tunes in altered tunings, conteststylebreakdowns, ragtime tunes, and additional f. However, under the guidance of his brother pipe major ian duncan, this first volume of gordon duncans tunes is now published.
Gordon duncan s tunes is a tribute to one of pipings legends. 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. Duncan isnt a goodreads author, but he does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from his feed. Biography sir walter gordon duncan australian dictionary. Gordon duncan s tunes ii contains some real hidden gems, including traditional compositions that gordon made his own. Charles was born on january 21 1823, in dysart, fife, scotland. Following the success of the original book, gordon duncans tunes, in 2007, many compositions were missed out.
I just hum a tune, use the up, down, repeat letters and. The longanticipated book two of the legendary piper gordon duncans tune collection of marches, polkas, jigs, piobaireachd, slow airs, dances and reels. For animals, winters relationship with death can be literal, too. 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. Pressed for time appears in 1 other tune collection. The first book of gordon duncans tunes sheet music. If anyone could tell me where there is a published source for the sheetmusic for it, it would be greatly appreciated. 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. The trust aims to preserve and build on gordon duncan s legacy by funding and supporting young traditional musicians. The music is in piping notation, but the tunes can be played by folk bands, dance bands and others. Killing your characters allegiant fail while doing my usual putzing around on twitter while sipping the morning coffee yesterday, i started hearing some tweets about a book, and people were not happy. The gordon duncan memorial trust was set up in 2007 to promote and support traditional music.
There are only a handful of instrumentalists who have been as influential in bluegrass and country music in the last few years as fiddler glen duncan. The family derived its considerable wealth from the pastoral and mining activities of johns father. Gordon duncan thunderstruck sheet music as any piper must be, i am greatly impressed by gordon ducans classic thunderstruck. Gordon duncans tunes book 1 official gordon duncan shop.
Dec 14, 2005 his own recordings during the 90s included 1994s masterful just for seumas, named for the principal of the glasgow college of piping who was one of several of the old guard of scottish piping to take umbrage at duncans interpretations of the traditional oeuvre. Also features tunes in altered tunings, conteststylebreakdowns, ragtime tunes, and additional fiddling favorites. X marks partners go to the partners dedicated forums hello and welcome to x marks, the worlds largest and most active online gathering place dedicated to the kilt. Every song on this traditional country music album highlights dales feelings and emotions as to the value of family. The sleeping tune this will send a shiver down your spine. Discover video clips of recent music performances and more on mtv. So imho its a infringement to present the sheet music on.
Family values is the title track from dale duncans multi awardwinning album of the same name and follows the first successful radio single walking in my shoes, a beautiful duet with shaza leigh. Opening set from ewan duncans final newcastle university recital at hall 2, sage gateshead. A portion of the proceeds of this sale are donated to the gordon duncan memorial trust. Duncan sheik news, music performances and show video.
The gordon duncan memorial trust is a registered charity formed following the tragic death of the groundbreaking perthshire piper and composer in 2005. 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. His 40year career in journalism included more than years with the associated press, a stint as chief white house correspondent for bloomberg news, and several top editing jobs in washington, d. Gordon duncan thunderstruck sheet music bob dunsire. This book features many of the tunes that gordon was famous for writing. This book presents 140 of the most frequently played tunes in old time fiddle contests as well as the most popular bluegrass, square dance and country tunes heard throughout the united states.
A followup book on craig duncan s popular deluxe fiddling method containing 40 great fiddle solos in the keys of f, bflat, e major, e minor, and a minor. I thought about creating some kind of dictionary based on theme notes, or searching through bww files for sequences. Charles duncan historical records and family trees. Gordon duncan bagpipe music tune book kinnaird bagpipes. C duncan is a scottish songwriter who has a great talent in creating choralsounding compositions by layering versions of his own voice. It features tunes from recitals, concerts and competitions and also tunes from gordon s days with the scotrail vale of atholl pipe band. David morris, an awardwinning songwriter and journalist, has written for bluegrass today since its inception. Aug 25, 2017 opening set from ewan duncan s final newcastle university recital at hall 2, sage gateshead. He did write some tremendous tunes, and played some tremendous performances, there is a tune called lorient. Following the success of the original book, gordon duncan s tunes, in 2007, many compositions were missed out. There has always been a tremendous interest in the original music of gordon duncan.
The foundation is based in toronto, ontario, and has two major areas of focus. Tune list the day the coop flooded march wha saw the 42nd polka mo ghile mear polka the haughs o cromdale polka fest. You can find this sheet music in any of these products. The walter and duncan gordon foundation is a private charitable foundation focused on the improvement of public policy in canada. Featuring ewan duncan and jordan aikin on highland bagpipes. Songs from the greig duncan collection folk songs of northeast scotland cdtrax 5003 this recording grows on you. Later on in his life he was the chancellor of york university. The gordon duncan memorial trust released this, a second collection of the late, great piper and whistle player gordon duncan.
Jul 02, 2015 the craig duncan master fiddle solo collection. Duncan tune machine shop team leader fabricator koch. The town of pitlochry in northcentral scotland was mobbed with an estimated 500 mourners who came to pay their last respects to gordon duncan, one of the worlds greatest pipers and. Book one of gordons compositions was released in 2007 and have sold more than 5000 copies since launch. This book presents 140 of the most frequently played tunes in old time fiddle contests as well as the most popular. Gordon duncans tunes contact us for all non uk shipping there has always been a tremendous interest in the original music of gordon duncan. Omg, you dont know how long i have been waiting for a search engine to find tunes in my head. 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. The day the co0o flooded wha saw the 42nd mo ghile mear the haughs o cromdale fest an hoch nameless polka a bhriogais uallach the pompous trousers jigs. Gordon duncan s tunes contact us for all non uk shipping there has always been a tremendous interest in the original music of gordon duncan. The longanticipated book two of the legendary piper gordon duncans tune collection of marches. Duncan created a new style of idiosyncratic bagpipe music.
His final recording thunderstruck 2003 reworked an acdc riff for the title track and also featured a new reading of duncans signature tune, andy renwicks ferret. However there was not enough to create a book on that alone, so the trust decided to use the missing tunes and some of gordon s more iconic arrangements to create gordon duncan s tunes book 2. Charles duncan ii was born on month day 1854, at birth place, to charles duncan i and margaret duncan born bowman. However, under the guidance of his brother pipe major ian duncan, the first volume of gordon duncans tunes is now published. He joined its predecessor, the bluegrass blog, in 2010. We hope youll enjoy this collection of tunes and continue to celebrate gordons music for many years to come ian duncan chairman, the gordon duncan memorial trust gordon duncans tunes book one is also available. Initially taught by his father, gordon began his piping career at the age of 10, winning many junior. This tune has been recorded together with celtic thunder a few times, eileen curran a.
Jun 17, 2007 gordon duncan performing at a folk club in barnton, near northwich, cheshire, in 1991 with hudson swan and ian sherwood. 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. A followup book on craig duncans popular deluxe fiddling method containing 40 great fiddle solos in the keys of f, bflat, e major, e minor, and a minor. He also incorporated the bagpipes into a rendition of acdcs thunderstruck. The branch line is the named given to an intersection on the road from woodford to whitegate, county galway, near where the coens were raised.
After the untimely passing of gordon duncan it was decided to set up a trust in his name. Gordon duncan performing at a folk club in barnton, near northwich, cheshire, in 1991 with hudson swan and ian sherwood. 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. Duncan sheik news, music performances and show video clips. Pitlochry comes to standstill for gordon duncans funeral. View duncan tunes profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Sir walter gordon duncan 18851963, pastoralist and politician, was born on 10 march 1885 at hughes park, near watervale, south australia, third of six children of sir john james duncan, a scottishborn pastoralist and politician, and his second wife jean gordon, nee grant, from england. Gordon duncan is a scottish piper and has 3 cds out called just for seamus, thunderstruck. Ronald duncans blog occassional random noise from the.
The trust decided a second collection of gordon s missings tunes and arrangements of traditional compositions had to follow. Mel bay a followup book on craig duncans popular deluxe fiddling method containing 40 great fiddle solos in the keys of f, bflat, e major, e minor, and a minor. Although gordon duncans tunes are well known throughout the traditional music scene in many parts. So imho its a infringement to present the sheet music on this site. 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. Tune list the day the coop flooded march wha saw the 42nd polka mo ghile mear polka the haughs o cromdale. The barium meal the broken bow nameless jig the edradour stagger the mexican hat dance the humours of ballyloghlin. The property lists contain all properties duncan gordon has sold last 12 months and published on. The sleeping tune is definitely composed by gordon duncan its listed in his book gordon duncans tunes. Soon after gordons birth, jock joined the north of scotland hydroelectric board and moved to pitlochry after a brief spell in thurso. In between, theres a glorious mixture of different styles and songtypes. 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. Gordon duncan tune book contains some of duncans best compositions that he compiled over his short life. The book is full of great pipe tunes, with lots of.