Niel Gow's Lament for His Second Wife

[Forest Dweller]

I've done two arrangements of this over the years- acoustic bass and a solo mandola version, but this is the first time I have arranged it for acoustic guitar. In this instance it is my favourite tuning at the moment- CGDGAD. I hope you agree it is a wonderful tune. The intro and coda are my own.

Happy New Year

[MikeMcKee]

Very nice Robbie...that was outstanding.

[ReneAsologuitar]

[QUOTE=Forest Dweller;7162682]I've done two arrangements of this over the years- acoustic bass and a solo mandola version, but this is the first time I have arranged it for acoustic guitar. In this instance it is my favourite tuning at the moment- CGDGAD. I hope you agree it is a wonderful tune. The intro and coda are my own.
Happy New Year
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Hi Forest Dweller,
Lovely guitar tone, especially under your fingers.
Your playing is exquisite, and the arrangement is so nice!!!
Very nice tuning you are using!!!
Love this recording.
Happy New Year!
Rene

[TBman]

Very good!

Your's is the playing/recording level that I aspire to. No player noise, just music.

[Forest Dweller]

Originally Posted by MikeMcKee

Very nice Robbie...that was outstanding.

Thank you so much Mike

[QUOTE=ReneAsologuitar;7162786]

Originally Posted by Forest Dweller

I've done two arrangements of this over the years- acoustic bass and a solo mandola version, but this is the first time I have arranged it for acoustic guitar. In this instance it is my favourite tuning at the moment- CGDGAD. I hope you agree it is a wonderful tune. The intro and coda are my own.
Happy New Year
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Hi Forest Dweller,
Lovely guitar tone, especially under your fingers.
Your playing is exquisite, and the arrangement is so nice!!!
Very nice tuning you are using!!!
Love this recording.
Happy New Year!
Rene

Thank you Rene- coming from as fine a musician as yourself your comments mean a lot to me

Originally Posted by TBman

Very good!

Your's is the playing/recording level that I aspire to. No player noise, just music.

Thank you. I appreciate the comment. I don't know whether it was you yesterday made the comment about my room and deleted it, or whether it was somewhere else, but I find this small bedroom/ musicroom of mine to be very effective for recording. Its got wooden floors, but the room is still not too alive. I always add a bit of reverb via Logic Pro X. In this case I large chamber using Space Designer reverb. Hope I didn't overdo it. I also mike fairly closely, using a stereo USB mic (an AKG Lyra). Not the best sound but it is very simple to get recording and means I don't clutter up the space here too much with mic stands and leads and such like

Thanks again to everyone who has listened/ liked/ commented
Robbie

[rémy64]

It is very well interpreted, with a lot of sensitivity. Stunning !

[TBman]

Originally Posted by Forest Dweller

Thank you. I appreciate the comment. I don't know whether it was you yesterday made the comment about my room and deleted it, or whether it was somewhere else, but I find this small bedroom/ musicroom of mine to be very effective for recording. Its got wooden floors, but the room is still not too alive. I always add a bit of reverb via Logic Pro X. In this case I large chamber using Space Designer reverb. Hope I didn't overdo it. I also mike fairly closely, using a stereo USB mic (an AKG Lyra). Not the best sound but it is very simple to get recording and means I don't clutter up the space here too much with mic stands and leads and such like

It was me Robbie. I wasn't sure if you had recorded the tune first in another room that was better for recording, but not good for a video and then dubbed the better sound file to the video. I did that once or twice a few years ago with a few tunes. I thought the recording was too good for the room you were in, but then I realized I can't judge the book by the cover.

[steveh]

Like I commented on YouTube, there are a lot of versions of this around but I’m obliged to say yours is one of the best. Great job.

Cheers,
Steve

[SColumbusSt]

Great job, beautiful playing. One of my favorite songs.

[Forest Dweller]

Originally Posted by rémy64

It is very well interpreted, with a lot of sensitivity. Stunning !

Thank you so much Remy, so glad you liked it

Originally Posted by steveh

Like I commented on YouTube, there are a lot of versions of this around but I’m obliged to say yours is one of the best. Great job.

Cheers,
Steve

Steve that is a very generous comment, thank you so much

Originally Posted by SColumbusSt

Great job, beautiful playing. One of my favorite songs.

Thank you. It sure is one of music's great tunes. Thank you for taking the trouble to respond

Robbie

[zenpicker]

This is so gracefully played. I love your handling of dynamics and tempo - never strained and never rushed. Kudos to you.

[Glennwillow]

Well done! I know this piece well, because my daughter, now grown up and married with kids on the other side of the USA, used to play this on a Celtic harp. Beautifully done.

- Glenn

[Forest Dweller]

Originally Posted by zenpicker

This is so gracefully played. I love your handling of dynamics and tempo - never strained and never rushed. Kudos to you.

Originally Posted by Glennwillow

Well done! I know this piece well, because my daughter, now grown up and married with kids on the other side of the USA, used to play this on a Celtic harp. Beautifully done.

- Glenn

Thank you both, such lovely things you said. Really appreciate it

[reeve21]

Great arrangement and wonderful playing, the tuning really works on this one. Nice

[rick-slo]

Well done. Nice arrangement, phrasing and dynamics.