Black Bear (The)

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Theme code Index	1H3H1H3H 2H675
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Pipe, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog, March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AABA
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Christine Martin
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ceol na Fidhle vol. 3
Tune and/or Page number	p. 5
Year of publication/Date of MS	1988
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<abc float="left"> X:1 T:Black Bear, The L:1/8 M:2/4 K:D (3A/B/c/|dd f/>d/a/>f/|dd f/>d/a/>f/|eB Be/d/|c/<d/B/c/ A/>B/ c/<A/| dd f/>da/>f|dd f/>da/>f|e>e e/<g/f/<e/|df d::e|A/>A/A/>B/ dd/>e/|gf/>e/ f/<a/f/<d/|A/>A/A/>A/ dd/>e/|gf/>e/ f/<af/<d/|a/<A/A/<A/ c/<A/A/<A/| d/>B/ B/c/ c/<c/|d/>f/d/>f/ e/>g/e/>g/|a/>Aa a/>g/f/>e/|| </abc>

BLACK BEAR, THE. Scottish; Hornpipe, March. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABA. Also set as a pipe march. Traditionally it has been the march played by Highland regiments when returning to barracks after a route march, or by a single piper when a company returned after a march of ten miles or more. An old comic film called Tunes of Glory, starring Alex Guinness as a rather neurotic commanding officer used the march as its theme music.

Printed sources: English Folk Dance and Song Society. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 3), 1988; p. 5. Scots Guards vol.1, No. 12, p.8.
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