Hootenanny
Hopscotch!
Hopscotch!
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Hootenanny Hopscotch! is my arrangement/composition for flute and piano or backing track.
Inspired by wonderful sprightly and colourful Scottish dancing to lively Scottish folk music, the main theme is taken from a short piano piece called "Ecossaise" by Johann Hässler.
I've adapted it and added more melodies and key changes to create this adaptation.
(By the way, "Hootenanny" is a Scottish word for an informal gathering with folk music, and "Ecossaise" is a term for a piece intended to mimic a Scottish Dance).
I'm dedicating this to the memory of my late mother, Evelyn Raybould, who spent much of her life Scottish Country Dancing, and it is down to her that I grew up listening to records of the great Jimmy Shand and his Band (the best and inimitable Scottish band ever) playing Scottish Reels, Jigs and Strathspeys.
Inspired by wonderful sprightly and colourful Scottish dancing to lively Scottish folk music, the main theme is taken from a short piano piece called "Ecossaise" by Johann Hässler.
I've adapted it and added more melodies and key changes to create this adaptation.
(By the way, "Hootenanny" is a Scottish word for an informal gathering with folk music, and "Ecossaise" is a term for a piece intended to mimic a Scottish Dance).
I'm dedicating this to the memory of my late mother, Evelyn Raybould, who spent much of her life Scottish Country Dancing, and it is down to her that I grew up listening to records of the great Jimmy Shand and his Band (the best and inimitable Scottish band ever) playing Scottish Reels, Jigs and Strathspeys.
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SCOTLAND! If you have never been to Scotland, or if you don't know about its wonderful culture and history, you are really missing out!
Scotland (lying on the northern part of the UK, above England), is the most beautiful country, with vast mountains and picturesque towns and villages.
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It has its own very unique music, musical instruments (including bagpipes!), costumes (men's tartan kilts!) and a vast cultural and artistic history.
Scottish dancers
A Scottish pipe band
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Flute and piano (or backing track).
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