Annotation:Slanty Gart
X:1 T:Slanty Gart M:C L:1/8 R:Shetland Reel B:"Music and Songs of the Boys of the Lough" (1977, p. 1) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G DGBG AGBG|DGBG AGEG|DGBG AGBG|DEDC B,G, G,2| DGBG AGBG|DGBG AGE>G|dcBA GFED|B,DGA BG G2:| |:Bcde dBgd|BdgB aA A2|Bcde dBgB|gBAc BG G2| Bcde dBgd|BdgB aA A2|gded BAGE|DEGA BG G2:| |:Adfd edfd|Adfd edBd|Adfd edfd|ABAG FD D2| Add edfd|Adfd edBd|dBgB AGEG|DEGA BG G2||
SLANTY GART. AKA and see "Lord MacDonald (4)". Shetland; Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC. Slanty Gart is a fanciful place name for the tune usually known in Scotland as "Lord MacDonald (4)" and, in America, as "Leather Britches."