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'''LOCHIEL'S RANT.''' AKA - "Lochiel's Reel." AKA and see "[[Lochiel's Awa' to France]]," "[[On the Sly]]." Scottish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune, which has been described as a 'pipe reel', in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection (p. 44). Another early appearance is in the 1768 (James) '''Gillespie Manuscript of Perth''' (as "Lochyell's Rant"). The first strain is similar to the reel "[[Laurel | '''LOCHIEL'S RANT.''' AKA - "Lochiel's Reel." AKA and see "[[Lochiel's Awa' to France]]," "[[On the Sly]]." Scottish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune, which has been described as a 'pipe reel', in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection (p. 44). Another early appearance is in the 1768 (James) '''Gillespie Manuscript of Perth''' (as "Lochyell's Rant"). The first strain is similar to the reel "[[Laurel Bush (The)]]/Laurel Tree." On Cape Breton, Alex Gillis and the Inverness Serenaders were the first to record the tune. | ||
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LOCHIEL'S RANT. AKA - "Lochiel's Reel." AKA and see "Lochiel's Awa' to France," "On the Sly." Scottish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune, which has been described as a 'pipe reel', in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection (p. 44). Another early appearance is in the 1768 (James) Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (as "Lochyell's Rant"). The first strain is similar to the reel "Laurel Bush (The)/Laurel Tree." On Cape Breton, Alex Gillis and the Inverness Serenaders were the first to record the tune.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Bremner (Scots Reels), c. 1757; p. 44. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 12, No. 4, p. 9. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 254.
Recorded sources: Rounder Records 7052, Buddy MacMaster - "The Cape Breton Tradition" (2003).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index []
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