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'''INVERNESS GATHERING, THE'''. AKA and see "[[Culloden Day]]." Scottish, Pipe Quickstep and March (4/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Martin): AABC (Kerr): AABBCC (Martin): AABBCCDD (Perlman, Skye). A pipe tune from the '''Inverness Collection'''. See also the County Donegal variant "[[March of the Meenatoitin Bull (The)]]." The name Inverness means 'mouth of the river Ness'. Ness was the name of a legendary Irish queen, mother of Conchubar, who is supposed to have ruled in Ulster at the time of Christ (though the river name may be older). The Inverness Gathering is the name of the annual Highland Games sponsored by the city of Inverness, and were established in 1822. | '''INVERNESS GATHERING, THE'''. AKA and see "[[Culloden Day (1)]]." Scottish, Pipe Quickstep and March (4/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Martin): AABC (Kerr): AABBCC (Martin): AABBCCDD (Perlman, Skye). A pipe tune from the '''Inverness Collection'''. See also the County Donegal variant "[[March of the Meenatoitin Bull (The)]]." The name Inverness means 'mouth of the river Ness'. Ness was the name of a legendary Irish queen, mother of Conchubar, who is supposed to have ruled in Ulster at the time of Christ (though the river name may be older). The Inverness Gathering is the name of the annual Highland Games sponsored by the city of Inverness, and were established in 1822. | ||
[[File:Archie_Barnie,_an_albino_performer_from_Inverness,_Scotland.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Archie Barnie, an albino performer from Inverness in the mid-19th century]] | [[File:Archie_Barnie,_an_albino_performer_from_Inverness,_Scotland.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Archie Barnie, an albino performer from Inverness in the mid-19th century]] | ||
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INVERNESS GATHERING, THE. AKA and see "Culloden Day (1)." Scottish, Pipe Quickstep and March (4/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Martin): AABC (Kerr): AABBCC (Martin): AABBCCDD (Perlman, Skye). A pipe tune from the Inverness Collection. See also the County Donegal variant "March of the Meenatoitin Bull (The)." The name Inverness means 'mouth of the river Ness'. Ness was the name of a legendary Irish queen, mother of Conchubar, who is supposed to have ruled in Ulster at the time of Christ (though the river name may be older). The Inverness Gathering is the name of the annual Highland Games sponsored by the city of Inverness, and were established in 1822.
Source for notated version: Reg Banks (b. 1923, Poplar Point, Central Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].
Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 3, p. 47. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 178. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 1, 1991; p. 35. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2004; p. 18. Moffat (Dance Music of the North), 1908, No. 1, p. 1. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 93.
Recorded sources: Greentrax CDTRAX 9009, Donald MacDonell (1888-1967) - "Scottish Tradition 9: The Fiddler and his Art" (1993). Topic 12T280, J. Scott Skinner "The Starthspey King."
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]