Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Brother
Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Brother: Annotations
X:1 T:Niel Gow's Lament for his Brother. M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Complete Tutor Violin (c. 1815) Z:Dr. Evan Jones [Ed.], 2005 K:Bb U:T=!trill! U:w=!wedge! F | DGG TG2 F | GBc dgf | Td2 c (B/c/d)wc | BFF F2 F | DGG G2 F | GBc dgf | dbg fdc | BGG G2 || f |g2 b fdB | cdf g2 b | f2 d cdc | BFF F2 F | (GB)wF (GB)wF | (GB)wc (dg)wf | (db)wg (fd)wc | wBwGwG G2 ||
X:2 T:Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Brother M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Slow Air B:Gow - 2nd Collection of Niel Gow's Reels, 3rd edition, p. 18 (orig. 1788) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Emin TE/D/|B,EE TE>DE|FEF {F}d2B|AFA dB/^c/d/B/|(AF).D D2 TE/D/| B,EE TE>DE|~FEF e2d|TB>AG TA>GF|(BG).E TE2:|| (B/4^c/4^d/2)|eBe/f/ {e/f/}g>fe|(de).f Tg2 f/e/|{^c/4d/4e/4}d>^cB AFd/B/| (AF).D TE/D/|B,EE TE>DE|TFEF e2d|TB>AG TA>GF|(BG).E TE2||
X:3 T:There's a youth in this city M:6/8 L:1/8 N:"Moderately" R:Air N:"A Gaelic Air" as insisted on by Robert Burns, but generally N:though to be derived from "Niel Gow's Lamentation for this Brother." B:Johnson - Scots Musical Museum (1790, No. 258) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Dmin D/C/|A,DD DCD|EDE EcA|GEG cAc|GEC C2 D/C/| A,DD D2 (C/D/)|EDE !fermata!d2 c/B/|A>GF G>FE|A<FD D2|| |:A|dAd {de}f>ed|cde f2 (e/d/)|c>=BA GE(c/A/)|GEC C2A| dA(d/e/) f>ed|cde f2 e/d/|c>=BA G<EG|AFD D2:|]
Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Brother: Annotations