This post will take you through the fourth part of Sir Adam Thompson.  You can review part 1 or part 2 or part 3 if you need to refresh the earlier parts.

If you haven’t already done so download and print the pdf music score for the third and fourth parts (although how you got here without already having done this would be an interesting conversation).

The fourth part comprises two new phrases – phrase 6 which is bars 25 & 26, repeated in bars 29 and 30, and phrase 7 which is bars 27 & 28.  We will take each of them separately as we’ve done with the rest of the tune

Starting with phrase 6 – bars 25 & 26 – listen and play

Now try phrase 7 – bars 27 and 28 – listen and play

And then put them together – listen and play

The concluding line of the tune comprises phrase 6 and phrase 3 – listen and play

Once you’ve got phrases 6&7 sorted you can try playing the last part of the tune – phrase 6, 7, 6 and 3 –  listen and play

Got it all sorted? Listen and play the 3&4 parts

So, after all that who was Sir Adam Thompson?  Sir Adam Thomson, who passed away aged 73, was the founder and chairman of British Caledonian, one of Britain’s most successful independent airlines.  From humble Glaswegian origins and service in the Fleet Air Arm, Thomson emerged as the most enduring of a generation of post-aviation entrepreneurs. With little capital and not much help from government, he battled for 27 years to build a niche for British Caledonian in an industry dominated by state-backed national carriers and American giants.  From a single Douglas DC7 making charter flights in 1961, BCal grew to be the ninth largest European airline, with a fleet of 27 jets serving almost 50 international destinations.  They even had their own pipe band which often played at company events.