Annotation:MacLauchlane's Scotch Measure
X:1 T:Maclachlane's M:C| L:1/8 R:Scots Measure (reel) B:McGlashan - Collection of Scots Measures (c. 1781, p. 12) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D FE|D3F EDEF|A2 E4 FE|D3F EDEF|AFED d3e| fedf edBe|dBAF E3F|DEFG ABdA|F2 D4:| |:fe|d2a2 fgaf|b2 e4 fe|d2a2 fgab|agfe d3e| fedf edBe|dBAF E3F|DEFG ABdA|F3 D4:|]
MACLACHLAN'S SCOTS MEASURE. AKA - "McLachlan's Scotch Measure," "MacLauchlane's Scotch Measure." AKA and see "MacLean's Scotch Measure," "Mr. McLaine's Scotch-Measure." Scottish, Scottish Measure or Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in Alexander McGlashan's Collection of Scots Measures (late 18th century). Emmerson (1971) believes it likely that MacLachlan was a dancer or a musician, otherwise the honorific "Mr." would have been inserted in the title.
The first appearance in print of the term 'Scotch Measure' was in Henry Playford's Collection of Original Scotch-Tunes (London, 1700) with the melody "My Lady Hope's Scotch Measure." The title refers to a cut-time dance tune similar to a reel (some say it is an older form of a reel), however having the characteristic three quarter-note pattern in the melody in either the first three or the last three beats of the measure, interspersed with measures comprised mostly of eighth notes. The genre, if indeed it can be distinguished from reels, has fallen out of favor and has been replaced by reels.
