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Description: | The first version of this tune is the same as that of John Peacock, with a couple of small errors in transcription, and interestingly without the F sharp in the key signature. Even more significant is the other version with Tom Clough's own variations and instructions for a special drone tuning in C - see the Ormston-Say book about the Cloughs, p. 80, for a fuller account. The basic tune is omitted here, but the simple well known version can be used before the variations. Not many pipers tackle this version nowadays, but Andy May plays a superb rendition of it.The markings appear to indicate that there are nine rather than ten strains, but are to be understood as meaning nine variations after strain 1. The sequence of the ten strains is the same as that of Peacock's strains 1-10, but there are many differences of detail, including some high As and a more florid interpretation of strain 8 ('7th' here). At the present time Chris Ormston's playing of the tune is justly renowned. Basing his interpretation on the Clough version, he also includes the 'missing' strain 11 from Peacock, but with added flourishes of his own.This tune is taken from the Clough piping manuscripts. The Clough family are generally recognised as the most important tradition-bearers among Northumbrian smallpipers. For an authoritative account of the family's history and repertoire, readers are directed to the recently published book, The Clough Family of Newsham, Chris Ormston and Julia Say, Northumbrian Pipers' Society, 2000. ; Pipe manuscripts of Henry and Thomas Clough | Rights holder: | rights holder : Clough Family | Temporal: | start=1901;end=1940; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:C0100015 | Go to resource |
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