Black at the Bane

Tune annotations

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X:1
%
T:Black at the Bane
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:McGlashan - Strathspey Reels  (c. 1780-81)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D>E G<G G>G G>B | A<B G>D E2 E2 | D>E G<G G>G G<B | A>G B>A G2 G2 :|
e/g/ | a>eg>B A2 Ae/g/ | a>egB (B2 d) f | a>eg>B d>egd | egd>B G>ABG |
A>Bg>e dBGB| A>BG>D E2 E2 | D>E G<G G3B | A<G B>A G2 G2 ||

X:2
%
T:Black at the bone
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Robert Ross – Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances 
B:& Strathspeys (Edinburgh, 1780, p. 3)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D>(EG<G) G>G G<B|A<B G>D (D>E) E2|D>(EG<G) G>G G<B|
A<G TB>A (A>G)G::{eg}a>e g>B TA2 Ae/g/|a<e g<B d<e g<d|
e<gd>B G>A B<G|A<B TG>D (D>E E2)|D>EG>G G>G G<B|
A<G TB>A (A>G G2)::{eg}a>e g>B TA2 Ae/g/|a>e g>B d<e g<d|
e<g d>B G>A B>G|A<B G>D (D>E E2)|D>EG>G G>G G<B|A<G B>A (A>G G2):|]

X:3
%
T:Black at the (Bane) Bone
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
Q:"Slowly"
N:"It may not be unworthy of notice, that this Tune in 
N:Second Strain is a bar short. The Editors observe
N:the same irregularity in 'Saw ye my Father'." 
N:The missing bar is the second of the 2nd strain, and 
N:goes a>egB (B2 d)f|
B:Gow - Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1822)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D|D<E (.G.G) G<G G>B|A>B GD TE3 {F}G|D<E (.G.G) G<G ~G>B|TA>G AB G3D|
D<E (.G.G) G<G G>B|A>B GD E3{F}G|D<E (.G.G) G<G ~G>B|A>G AB G3||e/g/|
a>e g>B {B}A2 A e/<g/|a>e g>B ~d>e gd|(e<g) d>B TG>A BG|
A<B g>e (dB) G>B|(AB) G>D ~E3G|D>E (.G.G) G<G G>B|TA>G (AB) G3||

X:1
%
T:Black at the Bane
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
Q:"Slowly"
B:Davie’s Caledonian Repository (Aberdeen, 1829-30, p. 34)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
E|D<GG>A G>AG>B|A>BG>D E/E/E ~E2|D<GG>A G>AG>B|
A>G {GA}B>A {A}G2G:|a|b>eg>B {B}A2 A>a|b>eg>B d>eg>d|
e<gd>B d>eg>a|b>eg>B G>AB>G|A<Bg>e d>AB>G|
A>BG>D E/E/E ~D2|D<GG>A G>AG>B|A>G {GA}B>A {A}G2G||
|:B|G<gg>a g>ag>b|a>bg>d e/e/e e2|d<gg>a g>ag>b|
a>g {ga}b>a {a}g2g:|a|b/a/g/e/ g>B A>BAa|b/a/g/e/ g>B d>eg>d|
e<gd>B d>eg>a|b/a/g/e/ g>B G>BB>G|A<B e2 d<BB>G|
A>BG>D E/E/E ~E2|D<GG>A G>AG>B|A>G {GA}B>A {A}G2G||

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