Ben Newe: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
Alan Snyder (talk | contribs) m (Fix HTML) |
||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
|f_theme_code_index=1H3H1H3 1H2H2H2 | |f_theme_code_index=1H3H1H3 1H2H2H2 | ||
}} | }} | ||
< | <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | ||
'''BEN NEWE'''. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler and composer Alexander Walker (b. 1819), a gardener at Castle Newe, in the employ of Sir Charles Forbes before he emigrated to Massachusetts. Ben Newe (The Holy Hill), Strathdon, is a gentle peak, only 1,100 feet high. There is a holy well on the summit, actually a rainwater pool, that has ancient connections, perhaps Celtic. Pins have been found in it; to this day coins are sometimes thrown into it for good luck. Castle Newe is at the foot of Ben Newe. | |||
<br> | |||
<br> | |||
''Printed source:'' Walker ('''A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.'''), 1991; No. 65, p. 23. | |||
<br> | |||
<br> | |||
</font></p> | |||
<pre> | |||
X: 1 | X: 1 | ||
T:Ben Newe | T:Ben Newe | ||
| Line 23: | Line 32: | ||
ec gc ac gc|c'c gc ed df|ec ge ac gc|fd gf ec cf| | ec gc ac gc|c'c gc ed df|ec ge ac gc|fd gf ec cf| | ||
ec gc ac gc|c'c gc ed df|ec eg fa gf|ec dB cC C:|| | ec gc ac gc|c'c gc ed df|ec eg fa gf|ec dB cC C:|| | ||
</ | </pre> | ||
Revision as of 21:40, 24 December 2016
BEN NEWE. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler and composer Alexander Walker (b. 1819), a gardener at Castle Newe, in the employ of Sir Charles Forbes before he emigrated to Massachusetts. Ben Newe (The Holy Hill), Strathdon, is a gentle peak, only 1,100 feet high. There is a holy well on the summit, actually a rainwater pool, that has ancient connections, perhaps Celtic. Pins have been found in it; to this day coins are sometimes thrown into it for good luck. Castle Newe is at the foot of Ben Newe.
Printed source: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1991; No. 65, p. 23.
X: 1 T:Ben Newe C:Alexander Walker R:Reel Q:232 K:C M:4/4 L:1/8 |:G|c2ed cG EC|ce dc dD DG|c2ed cG Aa|ge df ec cG| c2ed cG EC|ce dc dD DG|c2ed cG Aa|ge df ec cf| ec gc ac gc|c'c gc ed df|ec ge ac gc|fd gf ec cf| ec gc ac gc|c'c gc ed df|ec eg fa gf|ec dB cC C:||