The most moving arrangment of pipes i've ever heard

**Standard** · 11th January 11, 08:35 PM

Very impressive. Thanks for sharing the link with us.

**BoldHighlander** · 11th January 11, 10:39 PM

Originally Posted by ANCIENT OGILVIE HUNTING

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**ANCIENT OGILVIE HUNTING** · 14th January 11, 02:00 PM

In order to make it easier for the funeral procession to stay in-step, the tunes (which are actually traditional waltz-time 6/8 slow marches) were rewritten as 4/4 quick marches. I don't think you'll find them played anywhere else in this way.

The massed bands practiced playing nothing else except Oft in the Stilly Night which they played later) for a solid week. What an amazing sound

**castledangerous** · 14th January 11, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by ANCIENT OGILVIE HUNTING

In order to make it easier for the funeral procession to stay in-step, the tunes (which are actually traditional waltz-time 6/8 slow marches) were rewritten as 4/4 quick marches. I don't think you'll find them played anywhere else in this way.

The massed bands practiced playing nothing else exept Oft in the Stilly Night which they played later) for a solid week. What an amaing sound

Really? Sounds like the standard 6/8 setting of Mist Covered that I play

**EagleJCS** · 14th January 11, 03:52 PM

Yep, that's what it sounded like to me as well castledangerous. Step on beats 1 & 4, just like any other 6/8 march. The drums have simplified their parts, probably due to different scores for each regiment. Bass & tenors beat on 1 & 4, the snares are doing a simple 7-count roll with a one beat rest.

Usually, those slow marches are played at the halt, not on the march, so it seems they've been sped up a little bit to accommodate a decent marching tempo. It also sounds like the pipes are really emphasizing the dot and cut of each tune, also probably due to different scores.

**Macman** · 14th January 11, 06:59 PM

We play those as 6/8's as well, but I agree with Ogilvie that they're playing it in standard time. The foot beats are in the same place as if played in 6/8, but the idiom is 4/4. As you say, EagleJCS, the pipes are emphasizing the dot and cut so much, and I would say so much that the idiom has changed. At least that's how I hear it.

**castledangerous** · 14th January 11, 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by Macman

We play those as 6/8's as well, but I agree with Ogilvie that they're playing it in standard time. The foot beats are in the same place as if played in 6/8, but the idiom is 4/4. As you say, EagleJCS, the pipes are emphasizing the dot and cut so much, and I would say so much that the idiom has changed. At least that's how I hear it.

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