Annotation:Fingal's Cave (2)

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FINGAL'S CAVE [2] (Gul Fhin). AKA and see "Cuilfhionn," "Fingal's Weeping." Scottish, Canadian; Air or March (2/4 time, slow). Canada, Cape Breton. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Kerr, Lerwick, Martin): AB'B' (Morison). A popular Highland pipe tune that has been set variously as a hornpipe, march, quickstep,and slow air, though perhaps most popular in its march setting.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: William Gunn (The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes), Glasgow, 1848; p. 94. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880; No. 17, p. 48. Lerwick (The Kilted Fiddler), 1985; p. 62. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 74. Morison (Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1), c. 1882; No. 26, p. 13.

Recorded sources: BM-91, Buddy MacMaster - "Glencoe Hall." Shanachie SHAN-79017, John & Phil Cunningham - "Against the Storm" (1980).

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
See Paul Cranford's standard notation of Buddy MacMaster's version [2]



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