Annotation:Farewell to the Tay: Difference between revisions

Find traditional instrumental music
m (Text replacement - "garamond, serif" to "sans-serif")
No edit summary
 
Line 1: Line 1:
=='''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''==
----------
----
{{TuneAnnotation
<p><font face="sans-serif" size="4">
|f_tune_annotation_title= https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Farewell_to_the_Tay >
'''FAREWELL TO THE TAY'''. Scottish, March (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The River Tay is Scotland's longest river, descending from the western Highlands and flowing easterly across Scotland to empty into the Firth of Tay near Dundee. The tune was originally composed as a 6/8 pipe march and appears in David Glen's '''Highland Bagpipe Tutor''' (1876-1901). Cape Breton fiddlers have converted it to a fiddle jig.  
|f_annotation='''FAREWELL TO THE TAY'''. Scottish, March (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The River Tay is Scotland's longest river, descending from the western Highlands and flowing easterly across Scotland to empty into the Firth of Tay near Dundee. The tune was originally composed as a 6/8 pipe march, attributed to Peter McDonald<ref>Kate Dunlay, liner notes to Bill Lamey's "From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977" (2000).</ref> and appears in David Glen's '''Highland Bagpipe Tutor''' (1876-1901). Cape Breton fiddlers have converted it to a fiddle jig.  
<br>
|f_source_for_notated_version=
<br>
|f_printed_sources=Martin ('''Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 4'''), 1991; p. 15.  
</font></p>
|f_recorded_sources=Rounder 82161-7032-2, Bill Lamey - "From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977" (2000).  
<p><font face="sans-serif" size="4">
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t747.html]<br>
''Source for notated version'':
}}
<br>
<br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="sans-serif" size="4">
''Printed sources'': Martin ('''Ceol na Fidhle'''), vol. 4, 1991; p. 15.  
<br>
<br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="sans-serif" size="4">
''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Rounder 82161-7032-2, Bill Lamey - "From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977" (2000). </font>
<br>
<br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="sans-serif" size="4">
See also listing at:<br>
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t747.html]<br>
</font></p>
<br>
<br>
----
=='''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''==

Latest revision as of 00:02, 10 March 2023




X: 1 T: Farewell to the Tay O: Old pipe tune Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K: A e \ |A>AA cBA |e2A fec |A>AA cBA |fec B2 e| A>AA cBA |e2A fec |a2e fec |edB A2 :| e | a2e fec |Ace fec| a2e fec |Bce f2e| a2e fec |Ace fec|a2e fec |edB A2 |] e | a2e fec |Ace fec |a2e fec | Bce f2e| A>AA cBA |e2A fec |a2e fec |1 edB A2 |]2 efg a2 |]



FAREWELL TO THE TAY. Scottish, March (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The River Tay is Scotland's longest river, descending from the western Highlands and flowing easterly across Scotland to empty into the Firth of Tay near Dundee. The tune was originally composed as a 6/8 pipe march, attributed to Peter McDonald[1] and appears in David Glen's Highland Bagpipe Tutor (1876-1901). Cape Breton fiddlers have converted it to a fiddle jig.


Additional notes



Printed sources : - Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 4), 1991; p. 15.

Recorded sources : - Rounder 82161-7032-2, Bill Lamey - "From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977" (2000).

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]



Back to Farewell to the Tay

0.00
(0 votes)



  1. Kate Dunlay, liner notes to Bill Lamey's "From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977" (2000).