Cainntearachd (1)

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 Theme code Index    5135 6542
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 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    SCOTLAND(Western Isles)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:George Farquhar Graham & Finlay Dunn
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Celtic Melodies Being a Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs Pipe-Reels and Cainntearachd vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 15, p. 9
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1830
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X:1 T:Cainntearachd [1] M:C L:1/8 R:Cainntearached - A type of Scots Gaelic mouth music sung in reel R:time, meant to be a vehicle for dancing, often with nonsense words. N:Cainnterached is pronounced "Canderach". B:Celtic Melodies, Being a Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs, B:Pipe-Reels, and Cainntearachd, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, c. 1830, No. 15, p. 9) N:"Selected and Arranged by a Highlander." The editors have been N:identified as Finlay Dunn and George Farquhar Graham Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G B|d2 G<d B<B d2|e<c d<B c<AAB/c/|d2 G<d B<B d2|e2e2 d<B (Bc):| |:B<B cA B<B g2|fe e<f dB Bc|B<B cA B<B g2|fe ef A2 A:|]


X:2 T: Cainntearachd [1] M:C L:1/16 R:Cainntearached - A type of Scots Gaelic mouth music sung in reel R:time, meant to be a vehicle for dancing, often with nonsense words. N:Cainnterached is pronounced "Canderach". N:This version is the pipe setting. B:Celtic Melodies, Being a Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs, B:Pipe-Reels, and Cainntearachd, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, c. 1830, No. 16, p. 10) N:"Selected and Arranged by a Highlander." The editors have been N:identified as Finlay Dunn and George Farquhar Graham Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G B2|d4 Gd3 BB3 d4|ec3dB3 cA3ABc|d4 Gd3 BB3 d4|e4e4 dB3 B3c| d4 Gd3 BB3 d4|ec3dB3 c2A2A2Bc|d4 Gd3 BB3 d4|e4e4 dB3 B3A|| BB3 c3A BB3 g4|f2e2 e2f2 d2B2 B2c2|BB3 c2A2 BB3 g4|f4 ee3 A4A4| BB3 c2A2 BB3 g4|f2e2 e2f2 d2B2 Bc3|BB3 cA3 BB3 g4|f2e2 e2f2 A4A2||