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Moors

of

Ireland

Close

your

eyes.

Hear

the

wind

on

the

moors.

Feel

the

timid

twilight

giving

just

enough

light

to

see

by.

The

lights

from

the

several

roundhouses

that

form

the

celtic

village.

The

gerthddyn

has

arrived,

and

the

dancing

will

be

good

tonight.

--

In

this

tune

I

search

the

mythical

sound

of

Uillean

and

Irish

low

whistles.

The

orchestral/synthy

background

idea

was

stolen

from

Bob

Whelan.

This

song

consists

of

three

kinds

of

parts,

slow

air

(a

bit

like

Irish

lament),

strathepy

and

reel.

As

the

Air

gives

way

to

Strathepy

and

then

Reel,

more

instruments

join

in.

Strathepy

is

a

form

of

Irish

dance

with

a

special

rythm.

It

consists

of

two

dotted

eights

and

two

sixteenths.

The

rythm

is

full

of

energy,

yet

somehow

holding

back

until

it

reaches

the

climax,

and

the

dance

changes

to

Reel

which

runs

in

plain

4/4.

(The

Riverdance

influence

is

plainly

visible.

I

almost

feel

ashamed

when

I

compare

it

to

'Reel

around

the

Sun'.

anyway,

no

conscious

copying

here.)

I

am

starting

to

have

problems

with

the

channel

and

sample

size

limitations

of

the

GUS.

I

find

myself

using

GUS

MAX

software

mixing

more

than

hardware

mixing

nowadays.

-

Vesa

Norilo

(a.k.a

Warder)

Fall

1998

mail

me:

warder@dlc.fi

(I

could

squeeze

time

to

join

a

group,

if

anybody

is

interested.)

check

my

pages:

http://www.dlc.fi/~warder