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'''FALLEN CHIEF, THE'''. Scottish, Slow Air or Lament (6/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927) as a dirge in memorial of dancer and piper Willie MacLennan who died tragically in Canada while touring with Skinner in 1893. | '''FALLEN CHIEF, THE'''. Scottish, Slow Air or Lament (6/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927) as a dirge in memorial of dancer and piper Willie MacLennan who died tragically in Canada while touring with Skinner in 1893. He wrote the tune on the back of a letter [http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/display.php?ID=JSS0248] that he sent to his pupil, James McPherson of Kirriemuir. | ||
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Tune properties and standard notation
FALLEN CHIEF, THE. Scottish, Slow Air or Lament (6/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927) as a dirge in memorial of dancer and piper Willie MacLennan who died tragically in Canada while touring with Skinner in 1893. He wrote the tune on the back of a letter [1] that he sent to his pupil, James McPherson of Kirriemuir.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 30.
Recorded sources: