Niel Gow

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X:1 T:Niel Gow M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Moderato" B:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, B:vol. 5 (1797, No. 1, p. 1) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G e|d>Bgd eAAe|d>B gd e2 (ef)|(g/f/e/d/) gd eAAe|gedB G2G:| |:A|G<GG<G AEEA|G<GBd g>deg|dgBg AEEf|gedB G2G:|]

X:2 T:Niel Gow M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey Q:"Slow" B:Gow - Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels (1800) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D b|a<f {f}d'>a beeb|a<f d'>a Tb3a|(d'/c'/).b/.a/ {c'}d'>a bee>c'|{bc'}d'>baf d3:|| A|d<d {fe}f>d e>BBe|d<d d<d {c'}d'>abd'|(a>.d') (f>.d') eB B(b/c'/)|(d'/c'/).b/.a/ {c'}d'>f d3 A| d<d {de}f>d Te>BBe|d<d d<d {c'}d'>abd'|(a>.d') (f>.d') eB B(b/c'/)|(d'/c'/).b/.a/ {c'}d'>f [F2A2d2]|]

X: 3 T: Niel Gow B: Peacocks' Tunes (c. 1805) L: 1/8 M: C| Z: Valerio M. Pelliccioni K: G e|d>Bgd dAAd|d>Bgd e2 (ef)|g/f/e/d/ gd eAAf|gedB G2 G:|| A|G/G>G/G> AEEA| G/G>Bd g/d>eg| dgBg AFDf|gedB G2 G:||

X:1 T:Neil Gow's Second Wife again T:Niel Gow's Reel [2] M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 11) N:McGahon entered the tune again for his No. 68. N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 441 ) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G e|dBgd eAAe|dBgd e2 ef|g/f/e/d/ gd eAAe|gedB BG G2:| |:A|GGBG AEEA|GGBd gdeg|dBBg AFEf|gedB B2B:|

X:1 T:Niel Gow C:Duncan MacIntyre M:C L:1/16 B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, B:book 1 (1844–1845, p. 2) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A f2|ec3{g}a3e {g}fB3TB3f|ec3{g}a3e {g}f4 (f2g2)|agfe {g}a3e fB3TB3g|{fg}a3fec3 A4A2:| |:E2|AA3 {AB}c3A BF3~F3B|AA3l c3e a3efa3|e3aca3 BF3~F3g|agfe ac3 A4A2:|]

X:4 T:Niel Gow M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey S:Surenne - Dance Music of Scotland, pp. 20-21 (1852) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G e|(d<B){B}f>d (e<A)A>e|(d<B){B}f>d e3f | (g/f/e/d/) g>d (e<A)A>f|{e/f/}g>ed>B G3e| (d<B){B}g>d (e<A)A>e|(d<B){B}g>d e3f | (g/f/e/d/) g>d (e<A)A>f|{e/f/}g>ed>B G3||D| G<G {G/A/}B>G (G<E)E>A|G<GG<G {f}g>d(e<g)|(d<g)(B<g) (A<E) E(e/f/)|(g/f/e/d/) {f}g>B G3D| G<G {G/A/}B>G (G<E)E>A|G<GG<G {f}g>d(e<g)|(d<g)(B<g) (A<E) E(e/f/)|(g/f/e/d/) {f}g>B G3|]

X:140 T:New Gun Reel N:A faithful version of the reel/strathspey "Niel Gow." O:No 140 William Clarke of Feltwell Z:Transcribed by David Dolby 2010 M:4/4 L:1/16 N:First note in bar A4 could be G or A. K:G e2|dB3 g3d e2A2A2e2|dB3 g3d e4e2f2|(gfed) g2d2 e2A2A2f2|g3e d3BG4G2:| |:D2|GGG2 B2G2 A2E2E2A2|GGG2 B2d2 e3de3g|eg3 Bd3 e2A2A2f2|g3e d2B2G4||

X:5 T:Neil Gow M:C| L:1/8 S:Strathspey B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A f|e<c a>e ff|e<c a>e f2 f>g|a/g/f/e/ a>e fg|a>fe>c A2A:| E|A<A c>A B<F F>B|A<A c>e a>ef>a|e>a c<a B<F F>f|a>fe>c A2 A>E| A<A c>A B<F F>B|A<A c>e a>ef>g|a/g/f/e/ a>e fg|a>fe>c A2A|]