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Theme code Index
553 137bL
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
Scotland
Genre/Style
Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of
E
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Aeolian (minor)
Time signature
3/4
History
Structure
One part
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Anne Gilchrist & E.A. White
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society , Book:vol. 3 , Book:No. 4
Tune and/or Page number
p. 245
Year of publication/Date of MS
Dec., 1939
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score 1 )
X:1
T:Portmore
T:My Heart's in the Highlands
O:Aberdeenshire
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Briskly"
B:William Christie Jr. - Traditional Ballad Airs, vol. 2 (1881, pp. 180-181)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Emin
(G>A)|B2 (B>A) (G>F)|E2G2 (D>B,)|(A,>B,) D2 (F>E)|E3 z (G>A)|{G}B2 (B>A) (G>F)|
E2G2 (D>B,)|(A,>B,) (F>E)|E2 z2 (G>A)|B2B2 (B>A)|A4 {A}(G>F)|G2d2 (G>B)|
{B}d3z (B>d)|e3-dBA|G2E2 D>B,|(A,>B,) D2 (F>E)|E3 z||
P:Chorus:
(E>D)|D2E2 (G>A)|B2B2 {B}(A>G)|G2d2 (G>B)|{B}d3 z B>d|e2 (d>c)(BA)|
G2E2 (D>B,)|(A,>B,) D2 (F>E)|E3z (G>E)|D2E2 (G>A)|B4 {B}(A>G)|
G2d2 (GB)|d3z B>d|e2 {fe}(dc)(BA)|G2E2 (D>B,)|(A,>B,) (D>E) (F>E)| E3 z||
Sheet Music for "Portmore" Portmore My Heart's in the Highlands Air (Aberdeenshire) Briskly Chorus: Book: William Christie Jr. - Traditional Ballad Airs, vol. 2 (1881, pp. 180-181) Transcription: AK/Fiddler's Companion
X:1
T:Portmore
T:Fairy King
T:My Heart's in the Highlands
O:Orkney,
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Colonel David Balfour
B:Anne Gilchrist & E.A. White, "Ancient Orkney Melodies" (JEFDSS, vol. 3, No. 4, Dec. 1939)
K:Amin
AB|c2c2 c>A|B2B2 B^G|A3=G ED|E4 cd|
e2e2e2|d2c3d|e2e2e2|d4 cd|
e2e2 e>c|d2c2B2|e>c B2 AG|E4 E2|
c2c2 c>A|B2B2 B^G|A3-=G E>D|{D}E4||
Sheet Music for "Portmore" Portmore Fairy King My Heart's in the Highlands Air (Orkney,) Book: Anne Gilchrist & E.A. White, "Ancient Orkney Melodies" (JEFDSS, vol. 3, No. 4, Dec. 1939) Source: Colonel David Balfour
