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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', 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', 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).