Annotation:Highland Fling (3)
X:1 T:Highland Fling [3] M:C| L:1/16 B:Köhlers’ Violin Repository vol. 1 (1881, p. 54) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A|dd3 f3d g3e f3d|BB3 e3d c3A A3c|dd3 f3d g3e f3d|(3B2c2d2 (3e2f2g2 (3f2d2A2 (3F2A2c2| dd3 f3d g3e f3d|BB3 e3d c3A A3c|dd3 f3d g3e f3d|(3B2c2d2 (3e2f2g2 fd3d2:| |:B|AD3 (GF)ED (F2A2)d2f2|{a}g2e2f2d2 e2d2 Bd3|AD3 (GF)ED (F2A2) g3b|af3 (e3f) d4 d2:||
HIGHLAND FLING [3]. AKA and see "Marquis of Huntly's Highland Fling (1) (The)," "Ril ath threasna." Scottish, Fling (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is cognate (albeit with parts reversed) with the Irish reel "Ril ath threasna," which is also played as a slide in Ciarrai Luachra. "Highland Fling" in County Cork uilliann piper Canon James Goodman's music manuscript collection (No. 951, volume 4, p. 21) is cognate (albeit parts are reversed).
