Very cool. Cranford publications has this page with the notation for all of the tunes on Natalie MacMasters’ album In My Hands, along with some notes about the tunes.
I havent heard a lot of whistle in any of the Cape Breton stuff I’ve heard, but a lot of the Cape Breton tunes I’ve heard could sound great on whistle.
On the CD’s I have, there isn’t much whistle, but when we saw her live in Kansas a few weeks ago, she had a piper named Matt MacIsaac, another Cape Breton native, who played whistle on a few of the sets. He was excellent, although sometimes the sound guys didn’t have him turned up enough. (This was the first time I had ever heard highland pipes live and up close, and I was certainly impressed.)
Unfortunately, not all of the tracks link to sheet music, but instead link to other Cranford stuff for you to buy, but if you fiddle around, you can find the occassional piece of sheet music there. And more tune compilations than impulse buyers like us need to have access to.
On 2002-09-12 09:16, gonzo914 wrote:
Unfortunately, not all of the tracks link to sheet music, but instead link to other Cranford stuff for you to buy, but if you fiddle around, you can find the occassional piece of sheet music there. And more tune compilations than impulse buyers like us need to have access to.
True enough. Nice sales tactic though, isnt it? I figure is nice of them to toss out such music as they do…that many fewer tunes to have to learn by ear with my SlowDowner.
Other links on the Cranford site yield abcs /and/or sheet music.
