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'''ALE IS DEAR, THE.''' AKA and see "[[Elisa Dear]]," "[[Elsie Dear]]." Scottish, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A traditional reel, and especially popular as a pipe reel. In this case "dear" in the title means 'expensive'. See also "[[Lady Margaret Stewart]]", which may or may not be a cognate tune. | '''ALE IS DEAR, THE.''' AKA and see "[[Elisa Dear]]," "[[Elsie Dear]]." Scottish, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A traditional reel, and especially popular as a pipe reel. The tune was published by Glasgow Highland piper, pipe teacher and pipe-maker William Gunn (1795-1867) in his '''Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes''' (1848). In this case "dear" in the title means 'expensive'. See also "[[Lady Margaret Stewart]]", which may or may not be a cognate tune. | ||
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William Gunn ('''The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes'''), Glasgow, 1848; p. 22. | |||
'''Logan's Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music, Book 1''', c. 1899; No. 53, p. 33. | '''Logan's Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music, Book 1''', c. 1899; No. 53, p. 33. | ||
Martin ('''Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 1'''), 1991; p. 46. | Martin ('''Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 1'''), 1991; p. 46. | ||
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ALE IS DEAR, THE. AKA and see "Elisa Dear," "Elsie Dear." Scottish, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A traditional reel, and especially popular as a pipe reel. The tune was published by Glasgow Highland piper, pipe teacher and pipe-maker William Gunn (1795-1867) in his Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes (1848). In this case "dear" in the title means 'expensive'. See also "Lady Margaret Stewart", which may or may not be a cognate tune.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
William Gunn (The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes), Glasgow, 1848; p. 22.
Logan's Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music, Book 1, c. 1899; No. 53, p. 33.
Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 1), 1991; p. 46.
Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 85.
Recorded sources: Philo 1042, Boys of the Lough – "The Piper's Broken Finger" (1972).