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The second strain of "Stool of Repentance" is shared with a number of tunes, many with Scottish Borders connections, including "[[Noble Squire Dacre]] (come over the border)," "[[Scots came over the Border (The)]]," "[[Border Reel]]," and others. The first strains of these melodies differ in melodic detail but display a structural resemblance and may be considered derivative of one another. David Young's rather generically titled "[[Border Reel]]" is the oldest version to be found in print (1734). | The second strain of "Stool of Repentance" is shared with a number of tunes, many with Scottish Borders connections, including "[[Noble Squire Dacre]] (come over the border)," "[[Scots came over the Border (The)]]," "[[Border Reel]]," "[[Wright's Rant]]," and others. The first strains of these melodies differ in melodic detail but display a structural resemblance and may be considered derivative of one another. David Young's rather generically titled "[[Border Reel]]" is the oldest version to be found in print (1734). | ||
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|f_printed_sources=William Gunn ('''The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes'''), Glasgow, 1848; p. 97. Elias Howe ('''Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7'''), Boston, 1880-1882; p. 619. Joseph Lowe ('''Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 4'''), 1844–1845; p. 5. | |f_printed_sources=William Gunn ('''The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes'''), Glasgow, 1848; p. 97. Elias Howe ('''Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7'''), Boston, 1880-1882; p. 619. Joseph Lowe ('''Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 4'''), 1844–1845; p. 5. | ||
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STOOL OF REPENTANCE. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). A Major (most versions): A Mixolydian (Gunn). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title refers to an elevated seat in a Scottish Presbyterian church formerly used for the public penance of persons who had committed moral offenses.
The second strain of "Stool of Repentance" is shared with a number of tunes, many with Scottish Borders connections, including "Noble Squire Dacre (come over the border)," "Scots came over the Border (The)," "Border Reel," "Wright's Rant," and others. The first strains of these melodies differ in melodic detail but display a structural resemblance and may be considered derivative of one another. David Young's rather generically titled "Border Reel" is the oldest version to be found in print (1734).
