David Kilpatrick
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Into the Light Into the Light
An original multitracked acoustic guitar instrumental - soaring, flight, freedom, height, space, uplift, elation, awakening, joy, brightness.
Mist on the Shore Mist on the Shore
Impressions of return to a western island, a small boat and waters lapping a mooring shrouded by mist. Guitar instrumental.
Be Still My Heart Be Still My Heart
A new song in the manner of lutenists of the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean courts played on a Lowden S35C guitar
The Bell Pool The Bell Pool
A slow Scottish jig written for the guitar, using harmonics, named for the deep pool in the Tweed where the bells of ruined Kelso Abbey are supposed to lie, ringing as the dark water flows over them - to be heard when danger is near...
Eden Water Eden Water
This is a guitar instrumental in CGDEAD tuning, played fingerstyle.
Ropes of Sand Ropes of Sand
A flowing, continuous acoustic guitar instrumental with the distinctive sound of 'electric nylon'
Inishture Inishture
A Scottish fingerstyle guitar instrumental echoing the rythm of a well-known song, but in a minor key and much altered noo.
The Last Farmer The Last Farmer
The farmers of Scotland wondered, in the grip of winter and the foot and mouth epidemic of 2001, if they were the last generation on the land... a lament for the last farmer, whenever and wherever he (or she) may be.
Roxburgh Castle Roxburgh Castle
Traditional Scottish Border tune played on my new Lowden S35C guitar which arrived today April 1st 2005
Ice Flow Ice Flow
I watched the ice come down the river by moonlight, breaking up, grouping, starting again on its journey. A short piece in an unusual tuning, GDgcdg' on a 520mm scale 1/2 size classical guitar.
Lullaby for a Sleeping Landscape Lullaby for a Sleeping Landscape
It is the last day of the Year 2000; outside the Scottish Border hills are deep in snow. I watch the snow falling as I write this piece, and I hope you enjoy it - at any time of year.
Two Scottish Tunes Two Scottish Tunes
This is a recording on a new guitar received today hand made by Russell Rose of Avandel Guitars in Wales
Over the Bridge to Skye Over the Bridge to Skye
The Skye Boat Song meets blues meets jazz and wanders off into the ocean beyond - relaxed nylon string Celtic guitar instrumental.
Black Knife Black Knife
An original instrumental in DADGAD tuning written for and played on my new Lowden S35C ziricote/cedar guitar
The Traveller's Farewell The Traveller's Farewell
A little Irish and a little English baroque influence, played on a Martin Backpacker guitar.
MacKillop's Complaynte MacKillop's Complaynte
This is an instrumental written in 18th Scottish 'guittar' tuning of GBDGBD, inspired by the work of Rob MacKillop, who rediscovered the Scottish wire-strung guittar repertoire of the 1750s.
Plooman Laddies Plooman Laddies
This is a simple 4-minute guitar instrumental based on the main air to the traditional Scottish song 'Plooman' Laddies' and some variations. Steel-string Lowden 0-10 guitar.
The Last Rays of Summer The Last Rays of Summer
Clouds move across a western sky in the last evening of summer. Sometimes the sky lightens briefly, and for a moment, the setting sun strikes out from the between the clouds, before the light fades again.
The Grey Mare's Tail The Grey Mare's Tail
A waltz - or a little quicker - on nylon string jazz guitar. A familiar tumbling cadence, like the Scottish Border waterfall it's named after.
