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1H3bH4H7b 1H3bH2H1H
Also known as
Johnnie Lad
Composer/Core Source
Region
Scotland
Genre/Style
Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
1 flat
Mode
Aeolian (minor)
Time signature
4/4, 2/2
History
Structure
AB, AAB, AABB
Editor/Compiler
William Christie
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Collection of Strathspeys Reels Hornpipes Waltzes &c.
Tune and/or Page number
p. 19
Year of publication/Date of MS
1822
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score (1 )
Sheet Music for "Johnny Lad" Johnny Lad Reel Book: Christie - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, Waltzes &c. (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 19) Notes: Christie was a dancing master, fiddler and composer from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire. Transcription: AK/Fiddler’s Companion
X:1
T:Johnny Lad
N:Christie was a dancing master, fiddler
N:and composer from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Christie - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes,
B:Waltzes &c. (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 19)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Dmin
A|~d>efa gece|defd {f}e2 d^c|defd gece|Td>cAc {c}d2d:|
c|~A2 FA {A}G2 Gc|{c}A2 Ac defd|cAFA {A}G2 Gc|T(A>G)Ac {c}d2 Td>c|
TA2 FA {A}G2 Gc|{c}A2 Ac defg|aAFA {A}G2 Gc|{B}A>GAc {c}d2d|]
Sheet Music for "Johnny Lad" Johnny Lad Reel Book: William Mackie manuscript collection (p. 36, Aberdeen, early 19th century, after 1814) Transcription: AK/Fiddler’s Companion
X:1
T:Johnny Lad
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:William Mackie manuscript collection (p. 36, Aberdeen, early 19th century,
B:after 1814)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
efge afdf|efge f2d2|efge afdf|edBd 2e2:|
|:dBBG A2 Ad|B2 Bd efge|B2 BG A2 Ad|BABd e2e2:|
Sheet Music for "Pipe Reel" Pipe Reel Pipe Reel Book: Finlay Dunn & George Farquhar Graham – “Celtic Melodies, Being a Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs, Pipe-Reels, and Cainntearachd, vol. 1” (Edinburgh, c. 1830, No. 60, p. 34) Notes: A version of "Johnny Lad" Transcription: AK/Fiddler's Companion
X:1
T:Pipe Reel
N:A version of "Johnny Lad"
M:C
L:1/8
R:Pipe Reel
B:Finlay Dunn & George Farquhar Graham – “Celtic Melodies, Being a
B:Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs, Pipe-Reels, and
B:Cainntearachd, vol. 1” (Edinburgh, c. 1830, No. 60, p. 34)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Emin
B2 GB A2 GA|{c}BABd e>f g2|B2 GB A2 GA|{c}BABd e2 z2|
B2 GB A2 GA|{c}BABd e>f g2|B2 GB A2 GA|{d}BABd e3||f|
efge fddf|efge f2 ed|efge fddf|{f}edBd e3f|
efge fddf|efge f2 ed|efge agfd|{f}edBd e>f g2||
Sheet Music for "Johnny Lad" Johnny Lad Reel Book: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 2 (1844–1845, p. 14) Notes: ”Very Old” Transcription: AK/Fiddler’s Companion
X:1
T:Johnny Lad
N:”Very Old”
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs,
B:book 2 (1844–1845, p. 14)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d|B2 BG A2 Ad|B2 Bd efge|B2 BG A2 Ad|BABd e2 ed|
B2 BG A2 Ad|B2 Bd efge|B2 BG A2 Ad|BABd e2e||
B|efge fddf|efge f2 df|efge afge|dBB^d e2 eB|
efge fddf|efga {g}f2 df|efge afge|dBBd efge||
Sheet Music for "Johnny Lad" Johnny Lad Reel Book: Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 8) Transcription: AK/Fiddler’s Companion
X:1
T:Johnny Lad
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 8)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
B|efge afdf|efge f2 ed|efge afdf|edBd (e2e):|
|:d|B2 BG A2 Ad|BABd efgd|B2 BG A2 Ad| BABd (e2e):|]
Sheet Music for "Johnnie Lad" Johnnie Lad Reel Book: Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Transcription: AK/Fiddler's Companion
X:1
T:Johnnie Lad
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Emin
d|B2 BG A2 Ad|B2 Bd efgd|B2 BG A2Ad|BAB^d e2 eB:|
B|efge fddf|efge f2 df|efge afge|dBB^d e2 eB|
efge fddf|efga f2 df|efge afge|dBBd efgd|]
Sheet Music for "Johnny Lad" Johnny Lad Reel Book: Kohler's Violin Repository, vo. 2 (Edinburgh, 1881-1885, p. 118) Transcription: AK/Fiddler's Companion
X:2
T:Johnny Lad
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Kohler's Violin Repository, vo. 2 (Edinburgh, 1881-1885, p. 118)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Emin
|:B|(ef)ge (af)df|(ef)ge f2 ed|(ef)ge (af)df|(ed)Bd e2e:|
|:d|B2 BG A2 Ad|(BA)Bd (ef)gd|B2 BG A2 Ad|(BA)Bd e2 e:||