‘Fathers, Now Our Meeting Is Over’ (downloadable PDF)

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A ‘pipe-singing’ (voice-and-smallpipes) arrangement of a haunting Appalachian funeral hymn. Featured on ‘The Piper in the Holler’ album. Please see further below for more information and an audio sample.

Description

A ‘pipe-singing’ (voice-and-smallpipes) arrangement of a haunting Appalachian funeral hymn. This hymn was recorded on The Piper in the Holler album, and published in ‘An Appalachian Collection’. This exact arrangement also appears in the ‘How Can I Keep From Singing?‘ collection. Melody, lyrics, harmony part, and chord symbols included. [NB: The tune is typeset in the key of D-modal and requires the use of a C-natural. For chanters that do not have C-natural keys or an extra C-natural soundhole, this note may be produced using ‘forked’ fingering and/or by applying a piece of tuning tape over the majority of the C-soundhole.]

Audio sample (from ‘The Piper in the Holler’), as sung by Pete Sutherland, and played on the smallpipes [D-chanter], sounding in the key of G-modal: