The Clumsy Lover by Neil Dickie

 

The Clumsy Lover - De Dannan

CLUMSY LOVER, THE. Canadian, Pipe Tune (2/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFF. A modern composition by Great Highland bagpiper Neil Dickie. The tune, which has received much attention in current piping repertory, has also been adapted for fiddle repertoire (sometimes transposed to G Mixolydian).  

Since this tune is not that old, and Scotsman Neil Dickie is quite alive and well in Alberta, Canada, it might be noted that this is a Six-Part Highland Pipe-tune, and it is published in one of his music collections. There is a Highland embellishment which needs to be rendered as a triplet to make the tune sound like the composer’s original published version. It is actually under copyright, and I suggest a glance at the book before transposing or arranging for instruments other than the Highland pipes. It is a great tune, but the greatness is not quite brought out in this version.

This tune is also hugely popular with the better highland pipe bands. keeping police & firemen busy all over the world 

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Martin & Hughes (Ho-re-gheallaidh), 1990; p. 9.

Recorded sources : - Greentrax Records, Coelbeg - "An Unfair Dance" (1993). Temple Records TP021, The Battlefield Band - "On the Rise" (1986). IONA 047, Barra MacNeils - "Traditional Album."

The Clumsy Lover by Neil Dickie

 

The Clumsy Lover - De Dannan

CLUMSY LOVER, THE. Canadian, Pipe Tune (2/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFF. A modern composition by Great Highland bagpiper Neil Dickie. The tune, which has received much attention in current piping repertory, has also been adapted for fiddle repertoire (sometimes transposed to G Mixolydian).  

Since this tune is not that old, and Scotsman Neil Dickie is quite alive and well in Alberta, Canada, it might be noted that this is a Six-Part Highland Pipe-tune, and it is published in one of his music collections. There is a Highland embellishment which needs to be rendered as a triplet to make the tune sound like the composer’s original published version. It is actually under copyright, and I suggest a glance at the book before transposing or arranging for instruments other than the Highland pipes. It is a great tune, but the greatness is not quite brought out in this version.

This tune is also hugely popular with the better highland pipe bands. keeping police & firemen busy all over the world 

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Martin & Hughes (Ho-re-gheallaidh), 1990; p. 9.

Recorded sources : - Greentrax Records, Coelbeg - "An Unfair Dance" (1993). Temple Records TP021, The Battlefield Band - "On the Rise" (1986). IONA 047, Barra MacNeils - "Traditional Album."