Clanranald (2)
CLANRANALD [2]. AKA and see "Mrs. MacDonald of Clanranald [2]." Scottish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Very old" noted Gow in his 1788 collection. The tune appears under the alternate title in Lowe's Collection Book Fourth (1944). A similar tune is the Cape Breton "MacKinnon's Brook [2]" (reel).
Printed source: Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1788, 3rd ed.; p. 7. Jones [ed]. (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; p. 2 (appears as "Clan Ronald's Reel"). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1886; p. 80. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 263.
X:1
T:Clanranald [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Emin
G|E2 EB GEE^c|dDDA FDAF|E2 EB GEBe|FDAF BEE:|
e|geBA GFEg|fdAG FEDf|geBA GFEe|dBAF BEEe|
geBA GFEg|fdAG FEDf|ebfa efde|BdAF BE~E||
X:2 T:Clan Ronald's Reel. T:Clanranald [2] R:reel M:C L:1/8 B:Complete Tutor Violin (c. 1815) Z:Dr. Evan Jones [Ed.] K:G U:T=!trill! B, | E2 (TEB) GEE^c | dDDA FDAF | E2 (TEB) GEBd | F>DAF BEE :|| (e/f/) | g>eBA TG>FEg | fdAG TFE D(e/f/) |geBA TG>FEe | d>BTA>F BF F(e/f/) | g>eBA G>FEg | fdAG F>EDf | gbfa efde| BdFA BEE |]