The Atholl And Breadalbane Gathering
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Atholl and Breadalbane Gathering" is a pipe march in A mixolydian and 2/4 time.<br> It was composed by Pipe Major William Ferguson and published in his 1939 collection.<br> William Fergusson was born in Arbroath in 1885 and died in Glasgow in 1949. He learned piping<br> in the 102nd Boys Brigade and was then taught by 7th Battalion Pipe Major Farquhar MacRae.<br> He would succeed MacRae as pipe major in 1914, though before this he was divisional pipe<br> major of the 52nd Lowland Division. Most of his great tunes were written during the war<br> years.<br> Breadalbane formed one of the traditional provinces of Scotland, surrounded by Atholl, Lorn,<br> Argyll, The Lennox, Menteith, and Strathearn.<br> The Great Highland bagpipe, in Scottish Gaelic: a' phìob mhòr, uses a scale that is<br> approximately A mixolydian. It is limited by its range (nine notes), lack of dynamics and<br> the enforced legato style, due to the continuous airflow from the bag.<br> The tune was recorded by the Boys of the Lough on "Live at Passim" and many others.<br>
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