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Description: | This is a very famous Scottish tune, the subject of two poems, which seems to have begun life as a reel and mutated into a strathspey. There is little agreement on the spelling of the Gaelic title (Tulach Gorm is the modern spelling given by A J Hardie), which means 'blue-green hill'. This version suffers from the absence of the low F natural, but has been used as an excellent point of departure for a Border pipe setting by the present writer. The 'scale with tremelo' passage in strain 4 is especially good once the mistake has been spotted and corrected.The tune forms part of 'Peacock's Tunes' a collection originally entitled 'A Favorite Collection of Tunes with Variations adapted for the Northumberland small pipes, violin or flute' and was 'Printed by W. WRIGHT at His Music Shop, High Bridge'. John Peacock's name does not appear as editor or author, but the book includes 'A Compleat Drawing of J. Peacock's New Invented Pipe Chanter', and it is accepted that, as one of the best smallpipers of his time, Peacock is responsible for the music, or most of it. - It has been plausibly argued that Wright may have contributed some of the shorter tunes. No date appears in the book, but c. 1800-1805 is generally agreed. To read more about the rest of the collection click the link below. To read more about the collection click the link below. ; Early nineteenth century tunebook, arranged and composed by John Peacock | Rights holder: | rights holder : Society of Antiquaries | Temporal: | start=1801;end=1840; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:K0101702 | Go to resource |
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