Black Donald

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Theme code Index	5L6L4L4L 5L6L5L5L
Also known as	Domhnall Dubh
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Sara Lee Johnson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Kitchen Musician's No. 10: Airs & Melodies of Scotland's Past (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 4
Year of publication/Date of MS	1992
Artist	Biography:Capercaillie
Title of recording	Crosswinds
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Green Linnet SIF 1077
Year recorded	1987
Media
Score ()

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BLACK DONALD (Domhnall Dubh). Scottish, Air and Strathspey. A Major/Mixolydian ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The air is a popular puirt-a-beul, or Gaelic mouth-music, tune from the Scottish Gaidheltachd. The words tell of a boy who marries "slightly above his station."

Printed source: Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's No. 10: Airs & Melodies of Scotland's Past), vol. 10, 1992 (revised 2001); p. 4.

Recorded source: Culburnie Records CUL102, Alasdair Fraser & Jody Stecher - "The Driven Bow" (1988). Green Linnet SIF 1077, Capercaillie - "Crosswinds" (1987).

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