Annotation:Acharnac
X:1 T:Acharnac's Reel T:Ba'l nan Grantich M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey or Reel B:Cumming - Collection of Strathspey or Old Highland Reels (1782, No. 5, p. 2) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D B|A>DA>F A>DA>F|A>DA>F B>EE>F|A>FA>F d>ef>e|d>B A/B/A/F/ AD D:| |:A|d>BA>F d>ef>e|d>BA>F e>BB>e|d>BA>F d>ef>e|d>B A/B/A/F/ AD D:| |:B|A>DA>F A>DA>F|A>DA>F B>EE>F|A>DA>F d>ef>e|d>B A/B/A/F/ AD D:| |:A|d>fe>f d>fe>f|d>fe>f e>EE>e|d>fe>f d>ef>e|d>B A/B/A/F/ AD D:| |:A|A,>D (G/F/E/D/) A>D (G/F/E/D/)|A,>D G/F/E/D/ B>EE>A|A,>D (G/F/E/D/) A>D (G/F/E/D/)|dB A/B/A/F/ AD D:| |:f|a>ba>f d>ef>d|e>fd>f e>EE>f|a>b a/g/f/e/ d>ef>e|dB A/B/A/F/ AD D:|]
ACHARNAC('S REEL). AKA – "Ba'l nan Grantich." AKA and see "Lady Mary Menzies." D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFF. Michael Newton, writing in his blog "The Origins of the Strathspey: A Rebuttal" [1] believes the correct Scots Gaelic title should be "Bail’ (or Bàl) nan Granndach."
