Annotation:Skye Dance (1)
X:1 T:Untitled T:Skyde Dance [1] M:C L:1/8 R:Reel or Country Dance N:”(A) Skye dance” B:Patrick MacDonald – “Collection of Highland Vocal Airs” (Edinburgh, 1784, No. 30, p. 37) N:MacDonald was Minister of Kilmore in Argyleshire. The volume is N:dedicated to the ‘Gentlemen of the Highland Society in London’. F:https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Highland_Vocal_Airs_To_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin e2 e2 dB B2|(c>A)AA GA B2|ee e2 dB B2|(cA).A.A GE E2:| |:cAAA dB B2|cAAA dG G2|cAAA dB B2|cAAA GE E2:|
SKYE DANCE [1]. Scottish, Reel (whole time). Scotland, Isle of Skye. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Skye Dance [1]" is one of four dance tunes collected on the Isle of Skye in the latter 18th century by the Rev. Patrick MacDonald, minister of Kilmore in Argyleshire.
