Black at the Bane

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X:1 T:Black at the Bane M:C| L:1/16 R:Strathspey S:McGlashan - Strathspey Reels (c. 1780-81) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D3E GG3 G3G G3B | AB3 G3D E4 E4 | D3E GG3 G3G GB3 | A3G B3A G4 G4 :|eg | a3eg3B A4 A2eg | a3eg2B2 (B4d2) f2 | a3eg3B d3eg2d2 | e2g2d3B G3AB2G2 |A3Bg3e d2B2G2B2| A3BG3D E4 E4 | D3E GG3 G6B2 | AG3 B3A G4 G4 ||

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|AD (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|AD (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|AD (D>E E2)|D>EG>G G>G G<B|A<G B>A (A>G G2):|]

X:1 T:Dubh big 'Chreabh T:Black at the Bone M:C L:1/16 Q:Allegretto B:Pertrie - Fourth Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, B:Jiggs & Country Dances (1805) K:G D3EG3G G3DG3B|A3GB3G F3E E4|D2E2G2G2 G2D2G2B2|A22B2A2 A2G2G2z2| D3EG3G G3DG3B|A2G2B2G2 F2E2TE4|D3EG3G G3DG3B|A2G2B2A2 {A}G4 G2Z2:| Sba|g3eg3B BA3A3a|g3eg3B d3eg3a|(bagf) g3d G3AB3G|A3Bg3e d3AB3A| A3BG3D EEE2 TE4|D3EG3G G4 G2B2|A3GB3A {A}G4G2!fine!|| e2|d3eg3g g3fg3b|a3gb3g {f}e4 e3d|d3eg3g g3dg3b|a3gb3a {a}g4 g3e| d3dg3g g3dg3a|a3gb3g {f}e4 e3g|d3eg3g g3dg3b|a3gb3a {a}g4g2!D.S.!||

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| Ae (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||