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Miss Campbell of Saddell.

Submitted by Dougie Lawrence: A beautiful Slow Air from the pen of Robert Mackintosh.(1745-1807).Taken from my album"As you'd expect".

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From Geoff Caplan (Posted: Jul 12, 2009)
Hi Dougie

Good to find you here! I'm an adult beginner, aiming at playing Scottish fiddle in the Doric style. I do love your playing and will be modelling my style on it so far as I am able (plus Hector, of course, and Paul).

Not sure I agree that Scottish fiddling is becoming a lost art, but certainly a lot of the youngsters do seem to be developing a kind of "generic celtic" style with extreme tempos and a lot of flashy Irish-influenced ornamentation.

It would be a great pity if the regional styles died out entirely...

I've virtually worn out your CD - time for a second, surely? If you don't have a publisher, why not self-publish or approach Simon Thoumire and do one of his low-cost white-label recordings? With most of Hector's work out of print, there's a lack of good recordings of the Doric style for students to work with. So I do feel it's important for the players of your generation to leave a legacy for the youngsters of the future...


From John Henry Gates (Posted: Feb 10, 2008)
Nice tune. I learned it & used it in a couple shows in Hawaii last week. The audience loved it. Thanks.


From Isabel Wei (Posted: Dec 17, 2007)
my first time hearing this
feel my heart beating... so beautiful
I really wanna learn more about the music and the writer
there must be some beautiful story in it!?


From Michael Schallock (Posted: Dec 17, 2007)
scrumptious


From calum pasqua (Posted: Dec 17, 2007)
An ancient masterpiece played by a modern master of the Scottish Fiddle.



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