Ian Grant's Music

Ian Grant's Music.

All tunes here have been taken from a book which Ian Grant was putting together using scaled down photocopies and sticking them in.
All tunes are Ian’s apart from ‘Willie McLeod’s’, ‘The Brora Gathering’ which he got from his father and ‘The Caledonian Society of Winnipeg’ which has ‘composer unknown’ on it but is in ‘John MacKenzie’s COLLECTION OF BAGPIPE MUSIC’. Composer ‘Roddy MacKay’.
Tunes here are tunes Ian composed but have not been put in the book for whatever reason. ‘nameless3’ was written for a British Legion pipe tune competition in 2003 and was never titled as far as I know. I wrote it in ABC (X:2 below} to print a copy and also played it on tape for his entry. The tune ‘Donnie McLeod of Scourie’ was written for a friend in the Shrub Bar and was the last tune Ian wrote. It is also below in ABC, X:3.
‘FAREWELL TO IAIN GRANT ‘ is a song written by Tom McAweaney. Tom sent me the music and I’ve written it out in ABC. X:1 below the words, and included the music here. Also included is an image of Ian Grant taken on a digital camera in 2000 by Havard Rokke at a Sunday session in Sandy Bell’s pub.
G.Current. 19/11/2003.

X:2
T:MARCH
L:1/8
M:6/8
Q:1/4=120
K:HP
e|{g}A>B{GdG}c {gef}e2c   |{ag}a>f{g}e {gcd}c>Bc|{gfg}f>ef {gef}e2 a| A>{d}ce {gfg}f2e    |
 {g}A>B{GdG}c {gef}e2c    |{ag}a>f{g}e {gcd}c>Bc|{gfg}f>ef {gef}e>fa|A>cB {g}A2          :|
{gf}g|{ag}a>f{g}e {gfg}f2e|{g}A>{d}ca c<ec      |{gfg}f>ef {gef}e2 a| A>{d}ce {gfg}f2{gf}g|
{ag}a>f{g}e {gfg}f2e      |{g}A>{d}ca c<ec      |{gfg}f>ef {gef}e>fa|A>cB {g}A2          :|
e|{g}A>B{GdG}c {g}A2{d}c  |{g}e>fe {gcd}c2e     |{gfg}f>ef {gef}e2 a| A>{d}ce {gfg}f2e    |
{g}A>B{GdG}c {g}A2{d}c    |{g}e>fe {gcd}c2e     |{gfg}f>ef {gef}e>fa|A>cB {g}A2          :|
{gf}g|a>ga {ef}e>fa       |A>{d}ce c<ec         |{gfg}f>ef {gef}e2 a| A>{d}ce {gfg}f2{gf}g|
a>ga {ef}e>fa             |A>{d}ce c<ec         |{gfg}f>ef {gef}e>fa|A>cB {g}A2          :|


X:3
T:Donnie McLeod of Scourie
S:Composer
C:Ian Grant Sept.2003
R:March
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Hp
   e|A>Bc A>Bc |e>ce c>Bc|A>Bc A>Bc|f>ec B2 e  |
     A>Bc A>Bc |e>ce c>Bc|f2 e f2 a| A>BA A2  :|
   g|a>fe a>fe |A>ec A>Bc|a>fe a>fe|f>ec B2[1yg|
     a>fe a>fe |A>ec A>Bc|f2 e f2 a|A>BA A2   :|
[2ye|A>Bc A>Bc |e>ce c>Bc|f2 e f2 a|A>BA A2    |]
   e|A2 c A2 c |e>ce f>ec|A2 c A2 c|f>ec B2 e  |
     A2 c A2 c |e>ce f>ec|f2 e f2 a|A>BA A2   :|
   g|a2 e a2 e |f>ef B>ce|a2 ea2 e |f>ec B2[1yg|
     a2 e a2 e |f>ef B>ce|f2 e f2 a|A>BA A2   :|
[2ye|A2 c A2 c |e>ce f>ec|f2 e f2 a|A>BA A2    |]

FAREWELL TO IAIN GRANT (September 2003)

Numb was how I felt
When first I heard the news
So I went up to Sandy Bell’s
Because I had to pay my dues
There were many gathered round
To tell you all their names I can’t
But they’d come to say farewell
To Iain Grant

He was the maestro of the moothie
He’d sook an’ blaw a’ day
Wi’ his pipe and dram before him
For hours and hours he’d play
There were many gathered round
To tell you all their names I can’t
But they’d come to say farewell
To Iain Grant

He twirled those moothies roon’ and roon’
He was like a man possessed
Then he’d take a few puffs on his pipe
Just to gie himsel a rest
There were many gathered round
To tell you all their names I can’t
But they’d come to say farewell
To Iain Grant

He welcomed all us “youngsters”
With a twinkle in his eye
And if you played the tune too fast
He’d shout out, “Where’s the fire?”
There were many gathered round
To tell you all their names I can’t
But they’d come to say farewell
To Iain Grant

We thank you for your marches
And your airs that did enchant
And the jigs and reels you played for us
Our dear friend Iain Grant
There were many gathered round
To tell you all their names I can’t
But they’d come to say farewell
To Iain Grant

Tom McAweaney 30.09.03

X:1
T:FAREWELL TO IAIN GRANT
C:T.McAweaney Sept.2003
S:Composer
R:Song
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=78
K:D<
G>G GF E2 DE|F2 F>E D2 EF|G>G GF E2 DE |F2 F>E D2 EF|
G2 GG B B2 B|A2 A>G F2 DE|F>F GF E>D FE|D8          |]