Does anyone know a link to the notation of “The Ballad of Glen Coe” playable on TW?
I’ve been looking and looking but haven’t found yet.
Btw: Shouldn’t McDonald’s (fast food) rather use this as their advertising song instead of Justin Timberlake (or however he’s spelled) 
There is some info and a ABC notation here .
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=5933
Hope it helps.
Slan,
D.
http://jc.tzo.net:1742/~jc/cgi/abc/TuneFind?P=+Glencoe&m=title&M=&L=&K=&V=0&W=wide&limit=100&thresh=5&find=FIND
I’m not sure if any of these are the right one, but I hope it helps.
Also found this http://www.contemplator.com/scotland/glen_coe.html
if you’ve got a midi program like midi notate that can change the midi file to the dots.
Unfortunately these sites are not very useful (and I’ve been there before). Though thanks for the answers so far.
It is not that hard to find a Glencoe-notation at all. In fact, the easiest way is to make a midi-file “visible” with Noteworthy Composer. You can even play along with the TW, but it there is always an additional whole on the TW missing. All the midi files make use of additional help lines (don’t know how to say in English) below the low D.
So playing a low D where there is en even lower note required sounds strange and also to lift up all the notes so that the lowest note is a low D is strange.
I would need a prefigured sheet music of the Ballad made for the TW…
Try the trial version on this site.
http://www.notation.com/
It has a feature that lets you change keys of a midi file. I don’t know if it will get it to a key that will have the entire song in a D whistle range, but it’s free to find out.
Thank you VERY much, Alcona. The tip was really great !
At least Glencoe could be transposed very easily. Will see later what about other great songs.
Although not the song the original post was looking for, I just thought I’d mention that our band does a very powerful, driving, and moving version of this terrible massacre named “Cold Glencoe” (written by RISE guitarist, Gerry Geoghegan), which takes a different and interesting perspective…that of an apology of sorts from the murderers, implying that they were only carring out orders from William.
CHORUS
Know us by our hearts
Know us by our shame
Know us by the part
We played in William’s game
LAST TWO VERSES
We saw our work by light of day
Some fell to their knees and prayed
Some thought hard upon our faith
As men that history would hate
Hear me as I speak to you
Of all the evil men can do
There is none worse that I know
Than what we did at cold Glencoe
Very powerful song, and one of our most requested. Gives me goosebumps every time I sing it. The song is from the RISE CD, “Uncertain Wonders”.
DC
SlipJig Celtic Band
Hi Frodo
If you like the Massacre at Glencoe why don’t you try Smile in Your Sleep (also known as Hush Hush) by the same author - the tune is traditional - Mist Covered Mountains.
http://www.dickalba.demon.co.uk/songs/texts/hushhush.html
As for MacDonalds using the Massacre at Glencoe in thier adverts, the author would never give them permission to use it.
David