Niel Gow
X:1 T:Niel Gow M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Moderato" B:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, B:vol. 5 (1797, No. 1, p. 1) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G e|d>Bgd eAAe|d>B gd e2 (ef)|(g/f/e/d/) gd eAAe|gedB G2G:| |:A|G<GG<G AEEA|G<GBd g>deg|dgBg AEEf|gedB G2G:|]
X:2
T:Niel Gow
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
Q:"Slow"
B:Gow - Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels (1800)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
b|a<f {f}d'>a beeb|a<f d'>a Tb3a|(d'/c'/).b/.a/ {c'}d'>a bee>c'|{bc'}d'>baf d3:||
A|d<d {fe}f>d e>BBe|d<d d<d {c'}d'>abd'|(a>.d') (f>.d') eB B(b/c'/)|(d'/c'/).b/.a/ {c'}d'>f d3 A|
d<d {de}f>d Te>BBe|d<d d<d {c'}d'>abd'|(a>.d') (f>.d') eB B(b/c'/)|(d'/c'/).b/.a/ {c'}d'>f [F2A2d2]|]
X: 3
T: Niel Gow
B: Peacocks' Tunes (c. 1805)
L: 1/8
M: C|
Z: Valerio M. Pelliccioni
K: G
e|d>Bgd dAAd|d>Bgd e2 (ef)|g/f/e/d/ gd eAAf|gedB G2 G:||
A|G/G>G/G> AEEA| G/G>Bd g/d>eg| dgBg AFDf|gedB G2 G:||
X:1
T:Neil Gow's Second Wife again
T:Niel Gow's Reel [2]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 11)
N:McGahon entered the tune again for his No. 68.
N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in
N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a
N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little
N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands.
B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 441 )
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
e|dBgd eAAe|dBgd e2 ef|g/f/e/d/ gd eAAe|gedB BG G2:|
|:A|GGBG AEEA|GGBd gdeg|dBBg AFEf|gedB B2B:|
X:1
T:Niel Gow
C:Duncan MacIntyre
M:C
L:1/16
B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs,
B:book 1 (1844–1845, p. 2)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
f2|ec3{g}a3e {g}fB3TB3f|ec3{g}a3e {g}f4 (f2g2)|agfe {g}a3e fB3TB3g|{fg}a3fec3 A4A2:|
|:E2|AA3 {AB}c3A BF3~F3B|AA3l c3e a3efa3|e3aca3 BF3~F3g|agfe ac3 A4A2:|]
X:4
T:Niel Gow
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Surenne - Dance Music of Scotland, pp. 20-21 (1852)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
e|(d<B){B}f>d (e<A)A>e|(d<B){B}f>d e3f | (g/f/e/d/) g>d (e<A)A>f|{e/f/}g>ed>B G3e|
(d<B){B}g>d (e<A)A>e|(d<B){B}g>d e3f | (g/f/e/d/) g>d (e<A)A>f|{e/f/}g>ed>B G3||D|
G<G {G/A/}B>G (G<E)E>A|G<GG<G {f}g>d(e<g)|(d<g)(B<g) (A<E) E(e/f/)|(g/f/e/d/) {f}g>B G3D|
G<G {G/A/}B>G (G<E)E>A|G<GG<G {f}g>d(e<g)|(d<g)(B<g) (A<E) E(e/f/)|(g/f/e/d/) {f}g>B G3|]
X:140
T:New Gun Reel
N:A faithful version of the reel/strathspey "Niel Gow."
O:No 140 William Clarke of Feltwell
Z:Transcribed by David Dolby 2010
M:4/4
L:1/16
N:First note in bar A4 could be G or A.
K:G
e2|dB3 g3d e2A2A2e2|dB3 g3d e4e2f2|(gfed) g2d2 e2A2A2f2|g3e d3BG4G2:|
|:D2|GGG2 B2G2 A2E2E2A2|GGG2 B2d2 e3de3g|eg3 Bd3 e2A2A2f2|g3e d2B2G4||
X:5
T:Neil Gow
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
f|e<c a>e ff|e<c a>e f2 f>g|a/g/f/e/ a>e fg|a>fe>c A2A:|
E|A<A c>A B<F F>B|A<A c>e a>ef>a|e>a c<a B<F F>f|a>fe>c A2 A>E|
A<A c>A B<F F>B|A<A c>e a>ef>g|a/g/f/e/ a>e fg|a>fe>c A2A|]