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'''YEIL YEIL.''' AKA – “Yeal Yeil,” “Yell Yell” Scottish, Strathspey. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCDEEFF (Gow). The variant words of the title, ''yeil'', ''yill'', ''yell'', ''yeal'', ''yuill'', etc. are forms and usages of 'ale', accoording to '''Dictionary of the Scots Language''' [http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/yill]. The strathspey first appeared in print inRobert Bremner's 1757 collection, according to John Glen (1891). | '''YEIL YEIL.''' AKA – “Yeal Yeil,” “Yell Yell” Scottish, Strathspey. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCDEEFF (Gow). The variant words of the title, ''yeil'', ''yill'', ''yell'', ''yeal'', ''yuill'', etc. are forms and usages of 'ale' (i.e. beer), accoording to '''Dictionary of the Scots Language''' [http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/yill]. The strathspey first appeared in print inRobert Bremner's 1757 collection, according to John Glen (1891). | ||
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YEIL YEIL. AKA – “Yeal Yeil,” “Yell Yell” Scottish, Strathspey. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCDEEFF (Gow). The variant words of the title, yeil, yill, yell, yeal, yuill, etc. are forms and usages of 'ale' (i.e. beer), accoording to Dictionary of the Scots Language [1]. The strathspey first appeared in print inRobert Bremner's 1757 collection, according to John Glen (1891).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Bremner (Scots Reels), 1757; p. 68. Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 232. Gow (The First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); pp. 24-25 (appears as “Yell Yell”). McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1781; p. 11.
Recorded sources: Maggie’s Music MM227 CD, Hesperus – “Colonial America” (2003). Maggie’s Music MM306, Bonnie Rideout – “A Scottish Fiddle Collection” (2005).