Wedding March from Unst
X:1 T:Brides March from Unst S:John Stickle (1875-1957, Unst and Lerwick) N:Collected July, 1946, by Pat Shaw for Stickle N:at Baltasound, Unst. M:3/4 L:1/8 Q:"Moderate" B:Pat Shuldham Shaw - "Folk Music and Dance in Shetland" B:Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, vol. V, No. 2, 1947, p. 79. Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G g2|G2G2A2|B4d2|ef {gf}g2 {Bc}B2|AG !fermata!A2 {fgf}g>e| d2G2 GA|B2d2 Ac|{Bc}B2G2G2|G4:|{gf}g2|e2d2 {gf}g2| e2d2 {gf}g2|e2d2g2|e4 d2|e>>f {gf}g2d2|e>>f {gf}g2 d2| e>>f {gf}g2g2|g4 B2|{cd}c2c2 BA|B2d2d2|ef {gf}g2 {Bc}B2| AG !fermata!A2 {fgf}g>e|d2G2 G>A|B2d2 Ac|{Bc}B2G2G2|G4||
X:1
T:Unst Bridal March
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:March
O:Shetland
B:Anderson - Haand Me Down da Fiddle (1979, p. 28)
K:G
g2|G2G2A2|B4 d2|ef {gf}g2 {Bc}B2|AG !fermata!A2 {fgf}g>e|d2G2 GA|
B2d2 Ac|{Bc}B2G2G2|G4::{gf}g2|(e2d2) {gf}g2|
(e2d2) {gf}g2|(e2d2)g2|e4 d2|e>f {gf}g2d2|e>f {gf}g2d2|
e>f {gf}g2g2|g4 B2|{Bc}c2c2 BA|B2d2d2|ef {gf}g2 {Bc}B2|
AG !fermata!A2 {fgf}g>e|d2G2 G>A|B2d2 Ac|{Bc}B2G2G2|G4||
X: 1
T: UNST BRIDAL MARCH
S: Steven Spence, Baltasound
R: march, waltz
B: Haand me doon da fiddle, 1979
Z: 2012 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: A
a2 |\
A2 A2 B2 | c4 e2 | fg {af}a2 {cd}c2 | BA HB2 {g}a/g/a/f/ |\
e2 A2 AB | c2 e2 Bd | {cd}c2 A2 A2 | A4 :|
{ag}ua2 |\
(vf2 e2) {ag}a2 | (f2 e2) {ag}a2 | (f2 e2) a2 | f4 e2 |\
f>>g {ag}a2 e2 | f>>g {ag}a2 e2 | f>>g {ag}a2 a2 | a4 c2 |
{de}d2 d2 cB | c2 e2 e2 | fg {ag}a2 {cd}c2 | BA HB2 {g}a/g/a/f/ |\
e2 A2 AB | c2e2 Bd | c2 A2 A2 | A4 |]
% %%begintext align
% Whenever a weddin wis held ida auld days dey always had a fiddler
% ta lead da procession. Dis t\"un wis \"osed in Unst te lead da wedding
% company fae da kirk efter da couple wis married. Dere were very
% few roads danadays, so mony a time da company hed to buks ower
% broos an hedder an sometimes it wis a job fir da fiddler to keep
% on playin. Dey still d\"o dis in Norrowa bit dere in some places
% dye play upo da Hardanger fiddle.
%
% We're written baith wweddin t\"uns twa wyes because at wan time dey
% maybe were played wi da twa back strings raised. So du can try
% baith wyes an plaise deesel which wye du plays dem.
% %%endtext