Annotation:Boatman of Pitnacree (The): Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
---- | ---- | ||
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | ||
'''BOATMAN OF PITNACREE'''. AKA and see "[[Pitnacree Ferryman (The)]]." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow, Kerr): AABB' (Athole). Pitnacree is a small town four miles northeast of Aberfeldy, Perthshire, on the River Tay. "Very old," notes Gow. | '''BOATMAN OF PITNACREE'''. AKA and see "[[Pitnacree Ferryman (The)]]." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow, Kerr): AABB' (Athole). Pitnacree is a small town four miles northeast of Aberfeldy, Perthshire, on the River Tay near Grandtully. "Very old," notes Gow. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
| Line 25: | Line 25: | ||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/p04.htm#Pitfe]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/p04.htm#Pitfe]<br> | ||
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t1409.html]<br> | Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t1409.html]<br> | ||
Hear/see Alasdair fraser & Natalie Hass play the tune on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyp1yT6XGq4]<br> | |||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
Revision as of 22:28, 30 January 2016
Back to Boatman of Pitnacree (The)
BOATMAN OF PITNACREE. AKA and see "Pitnacree Ferryman (The)." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow, Kerr): AABB' (Athole). Pitnacree is a small town four miles northeast of Aberfeldy, Perthshire, on the River Tay near Grandtully. "Very old," notes Gow.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 436. Gow (Complete Repository, Part 3), 1806; p. 33. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880; Set 17, No. 4, p. 11. MacDonald (Collection of Quicksteps, Strathspeys, Reels & Jigs), 1828. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 91. (as "Pitnacree Ferryman"). Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 48.
Recorded sources: EmuBands Recordings, Alasdair MacCuish & The Black Rose Ceilidh Band - "No Half Measures" (2013). Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean – “Gaelic in the Bow” (2005).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]
Hear/see Alasdair fraser & Natalie Hass play the tune on youtube.com [3]