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 Theme code Index    5L6L4L4L 5L6L5L5L
 Also known as    Domhnall Dubh
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Sara Lee Johnson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Kitchen Musician's No. 10: Airs & Melodies of Scotland's Past (The)
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 4
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1992
 Artist    Biography:Capercaillie
 Title of recording    Crosswinds
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Green Linnet SIF 1077
 Year recorded    1987
 Media    
 Score   ()   


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BLACK DONALD (Domhnall Dubh). Scottish, Air and Strathspey. A Major/Mixolydian ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABB. The air is a popular puirt-a-beul, or Gaelic mouth-music, tune from the Scottish Gaidheltachd. The words tell of a boy who marries "slightly above his station."

Printed source: Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's No. 10: Airs & Melodies of Scotland's Past), vol. 10, 1992 (revised 2001); p. 4.

Recorded source: Culburnie Records CUL102, Alasdair Fraser & Jody Stecher - "The Driven Bow" (1988). Green Linnet SIF 1077, Capercaillie - "Crosswinds" (1987).

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