'Wi a Hundred Pipers' (Durham Reel) - free piano transcription

[kozanstatue]

Beautiful version, and very nicely played. Were the embellishments and ornaments your own? They are very pretty and pleasant to hear and compliment the main theme well.

[PSearPianist]

@kozanstatue Thank you very much. They were my own embellishments, and my arrangement was extemporised!

[kozanstatue]

@PSearPianist @PSearPianist Wow.Improvising like that is pretty impressive.I find I can only do that kind of on-the-fly embellishment in a limited number of keys; predictably, the 'easier' ones, C major, F major, etc, with fewer sharps and flats to contend with. Guess I need to play more in the less common keys to extend that improvisation ability. Watching some more of your playing now, thankyou for posting so much good stuff :)

[DudelsackOnline]

5***

[PSearPianist]

Thank you!

[PSearPianist]

Thank you - this was a bit of an experiment but maybe I should do some more 'covers' of folk tunes.

[ronaldweasleyfan55]

i admire your skill and how you delivered each note with such feeling

[PSearPianist]

Thank you - I do try, as expression is so important in music. That's why I find much British folk music played by ensembles so disappoinging - everything comes out at the same dyniamic level.

[jannarta]

sans doute Phillip! janarta.

[jannarta]

I enjoy Scottish folk music and regularly dance a Scottish Reel: grand stuff. Jannarta.

[PSearPianist]

Thank you - this is, of course, not a version designed to be danced to!

[SCOTSDOC]

As a Scottish Country Dancer..this is not good !

[PSearPianist]

This was not intended as a version for anyone to dance to!

[BocaFriend]

Ahhh, such shimmering beauty! As an American I relate to this genre from the Scottish settlements in North Carolina's Appalachian mountains, and the folk music infused by that influence. Truly lovely.

[PSearPianist]

Thank you! For my part, I find some American folk music very interesting. Although not from the US, the Celtic-linked musical culture of Cap Breton in Canada is also fascinating.

[haroldrichter]

Beautiful music, i enjoy watching you play and admire the work you are doing with regard to bringing back folk music through the use of the piano.

[PSearPianist]

That's really kind!

[PSearPianist]

Thank you!

[Babejuda]

Love the Scottish folk-songs. It's a real challenge to take a folk-song (any folk-song) and make it artistic. It's the best way to mix human culture and someone's own individualism and imagination. Bravo.

[PSearPianist]

Thank you - this is something I am interested in doing as there has been a big revival of folk music presented in many different ways here in the UK.