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The Humours of Tuaimgreine
         This is a traditional slow hornpipe from County Clare
    on the West coast, penned by that prolific composer, Anonymous.
    I found it in a collection by Robin Williamson (Incredible
    String Band) called THE PENNYWHISTLE BOOK (Oak Publications, 1977).
    I arranged the melody for fiddle, pennywhistle, harp, and bodhran,
    with a pipes intro, after the style of the Chieftans (lots of
    unison playing).

         The MIDI sequence was done using Cakewalk Express 3.01 with
    an Ensoniq Soundscape Elite soundcard.

         NOTE:  if your card uses the Yamaha OPL4 wavetable synth,
    the volume levels are going to be completely backward.
    The OPL4 treats the "expression" controller #11 as a NEGATIVE
    volume, which is completely opposite what all the other synths
    do.  If this is a major problem, I'll redo the file.

                                                      John Kwasnik