Musical Journeys

There's been a wee fall of snow here in Scotland which is threatening my trip to the South of England this weekend. The BMG fretted instrument festival takes place in Worthing from Friday to Sunday, and on the Saturday I'm doing a workshop called Musical Journeys, exploring how different cultures can play the same tune in very different ways. The tune I'm focussing on is Annie Laurie, originally a song, but we'll be playing it as a march (Scotland), as a polka (Ireland) and a waltz (USA).

You can see the tunes here:

http://www.nigelgatherer.com/books/musjour/annie.html

or download them from here (staff notation, mandolin tab, uke tab and guitar tab):

http://www.nigelgatherer.com/workshops/bmgfest.html

I hope I make it through the weather!