Ian Hardie tunes

[Dagger Gordon]

The late Scots fiddler and composer Ian Hardie was a good friend and bandmate of both myself and fellow Scots mandolinist Kevin MacLeod.

We are involved in a tribute concert for him in Nairn on 3rd Sept.

https://nairnfestival.co.uk/events/m...orial-concert/

I have spent quite a lot of this weekend playing some of his tunes. They are available on his old website.

http://www.ian-hardie.co.uk/scores.php

Grand tunes, but sometimes not that easy. I have particularly been working on The Blue Head Reel and The Eathie Reel.

[kmmando]

Thanks for putting up the link, Dagger, I have moved it on to facebook. Hopefully the concert and dance will be a full house.

[Dagger Gordon]

Here's two tunes in the key of E by Ian, which I must admit I find to be quite a workout.
Good practise though.

In general terms, there are not really that many tunes in E which get played much at sessions.
Tend to get shifted to D sometimes.
However, E has its own characteristics and it's good to be more fluent in what I think is a bright-sounding and underused key.

http://www.ian-hardie.co.uk/scores/openfence.mscz.pdf

http://www.ian-hardie.co.uk/scores/eathiereel.mscz.pdf

[dhbailey]

I'm sorry to learn of Ian's passing and I hope the tribute concert is a success. What a great way to honor a musical friend!

Thank you for posting the link to his music -- those are all excellent tunes and will provide many hours of enjoyment for myself as I learn them and eventually for others as I get up the nerve to perform them!

[kmmando]

Ian's untimely death was a terrible blow to many people.
Here is a fine remembrance.

http://www.theoccasionals.com/ian/

[kmmando]

Fantastic archive of Scottish tunes here

http://www.ian-hardie.co.uk/scores.php

[kmmando]

This was the last set at the evening memorial concert for Ian Hardie, and the last jig, Hardie's Triumph was composed by our band leader Freeland Barbour. It was a fine evening, poignant, and uplifting, with many wonderful performances from many of the ensembles that Ian had been a mainstay in over the years. Sorely missed by all.



The 2nd tune is also one of Ian's compositions here.

[Bertram Henze]

I totally missed out on this thread (apparently, most of it happened while I was offline for holidays). What a lighthearted concert. The longer I watch the dancers, the less I understand the choreography - how do you know whose arm to engage next?

[John Kelly]

I totally missed out on this thread (apparently, most of it happened while I was offline for holidays). What a lighthearted concert. The longer I watch the dancers, the less I understand the choreography - how do you know whose arm to engage next?

The secret lies in our Scottish DNA, Bertram. Mind you, I don't think that the members of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society would approve of the ceilidh dancing being done here! They are a much more staid lot.

[kmmando]

The concert in memory of Ian Hardie.