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Theme code Index	5L111 216L6L
Also known as	Black at the Bone
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double), Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB, AABBCC
Editor/Compiler	Alexander McGlashan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:A Collection of Strathspey Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 25
Year of publication/Date of MS	1780
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Black at the Bane
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel/Strathspey
S:McGlashan - Strathspey Reels  (c. 1780-81)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D>E G<G G>G G>B | A<B G>D E2 E2 | D>E G<G G>G G<B | A>G B>A G2 G2 :|
e/g/ | a>eg>B A2 Ae/g/ | a>egB (B2 d) f | a>eg>B d>egd | egd>B G>ABG |
A>Bg>e dBGB| A>BG>D E2 E2 | D>E G<G G3B | A<G B>A G2 G2 ||

X:1
T:Black at the bone
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Robert Ross – Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances 
B:& Strathspeys (Edinburgh, 1780, p. 3)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D>(EG<G) G>G G<B|A<B G>D (D>E) E2|D>(EG<G) G>G G<B|
A<G TB>A (A>G)G::{eg}a>e g>B TA2 Ae/g/|a<e g<B d<e g<d|
e<gd>B G>A B<G|A<B TG>D (D>E E2)|D>EG>G G>G G<B|
A<G TB>A (A>G G2)::{eg}a>e g>B TA2 Ae/g/|a>e g>B d<e g<d|
e<g d>B G>A B>G|A<B G>D (D>E E2)|D>EG>G G>G G<B|A<G B>A (A>G G2):|]

X:2
T:Black at the (Bane) Bone
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
N:"Slowly"
N:"It may not be unworthy of notice, that this Tune in 
N:Second Strain is a bar short. The Editors observe
N:the same irregularity in 'Saw ye my Father'." 
N:The missing bar is the second of the 2nd strain, and 
N:goes a>egB (B2 d)f|
B:Gow - Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1822)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
"Slowly"D|D<E (.G.G) G<G G>B|A>B GD TE3 {F}G|D<E (.G.G) G<G ~G>B|TA>G AB G3D|
D<E (.G.G) G<G G>B|A>B GD E3{F}G|D<E (.G.G) G<G ~G>B|A>G AB G3||e/g/|
a>e g>B {B}A2 A e/<g/|a>e g>B ~d>e gd|(e<g) d>B TG>A BG|
A<B g>e (dB) G>B|(AB) G>D ~E3G|D>E (.G.G) G<G G>B|TA>G (AB) G3||

Tune annotations

BLACK AT THE BANE. Scottish, Strathspey or Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. 'Black to the Bone', sans dialect; heartless. "Old" remarks Gow (1822). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printed version of the tune in Alexander McGlashan's collection. McGlashan (c.1740-1797) was nicknamed 'King' because of his stately and rather showy appearance, but was one of Edinburgh's most famous fiddler-composers and dance band leaders.

Printed source: Gow (Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1822; p. 26. McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1780/81; p. 25. Ross (Choice Collection of Scots Reels, Country Dances & Strathspeys), 1780.

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