"The Edinburgh Trained Bands March" genre: Celtic
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	Arrangement of a Scottish guittar duet originally published in the mid-18th century by Bremner, played on a single short-scale (alto tuned) Tacoma Papoose guitar.
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	Story Behind the Song Edinburgh cultural and folk historian Jack Campin asked me to play this piece from music original published by Bremner (18th century author of a prominent Scottish guittar tutor). His manuscript was generated from computer ABC notation, and thus already three stages removed; it was also a duet for two guittars tuned CEGCEG. I have reorganised it to suit solo playing on a single alto scale steel string guitar tuned GDGCEA. It is not particularly well-suited to guitar and probably never was, even 250 years ago! A more classical approach, with the substantial and lengthy variations and improvisations common at the time, would give it more interest. But as a duet, it must have been played without such ornaments or experiments. Jack says the march would have been played using fifes, rather like a modern-day Orange band.

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