Annotation:Castle Pool (The)

Back to Castle Pool (The)

X:1 T:Castle Pool, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig N:This jig appears in the collection following the air “Brechin Castle” N:and may refer to a location there. B:Archibald Duff – Collection of Strathspey Reels &c. (1794, p. 21) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin B,|E>FE G2B|BGE E2e|EFE G2B|AFD D2B,| EFE G2A|BAG FGA|BGG AFF|BGE E2:| |:B|e2f gfe|bge e2B|e2f geb|afd d2B| |1 e2f gfe|bge dga|bag fga|bge e2:| |2 bgb afa|geg fdB|Bcd AGF|BGE E2||

CASTLE POOL, THE. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. This tune shares a page in Archibald Duff's 1794 collection with "Brechin Castle (2)," and it may be that there is a connection with that estate and a 'castle pool'.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Archibald Duff (Collection of Strathspey Reels &c.), 1794; p. 21.

Recorded sources: -

Back to Castle Pool (The)