The Fiddler’s Companion
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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc notation.” They
can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with
your cursor starting at “X:1” through to the end of the abc’s, then
“cutting-and-pasting” the highlighted notation into one of the many abc
conversion programs available, or at concertina.net’s incredibly handy “ABC
Convert-A-Matic” at http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html **Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s
Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use
abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct
cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s
into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For
concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces
between all the lines of abc notation after pasting, so that they are
single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a
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DON AND KELLY'S WALTZ. American, Waltz. D Major. Standard
tuning. AB. Composed by Daniel Steinberg (Mt. View, CA) in 1992 for the
wedding of some friends; it was conceived "as a kind of cowboy
waltz." Matthiesen (Waltz Book II),
1995; pg. 15.
DON FISCO. American, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1964/1981; pg. 71.
DON MESSER’S BREAKDOWN.
Canadian, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Canadian radio and TV
fiddler Don Messer (1909-1973), a highly influential musician from the
Maritimes who helped to define the “Down East” style of fiddling. Messer
was originally from
X:1
T:Don Messer’s Breakdown
L:1/8
M:C|
S:From a transcription by Carmelle Begin of the
playing of fiddler Dawson Girdwood.
K:C
G3 (F||E>C)E>G c2 (e>a)|(3gag e>a
g>ec>A|(d^c)de f>dB>d|
(c>B)((3cB)A G2 (G>F)|E>CE>G c2
(e>a)|(3gag e>a g>ec>A|
d^cd>e f>dB>d|1 (c>e) (3dcB c2
G>F:|2 c2 (3dcB c2 (GF)||
|:E2G2c2e2|(g3 g/2)g/4a/4 g2) ((3efg)|a2g2
({f/g/}f2)e2|d>ed>c B2 (cBA|
G2 (FG)B2 GB|1 (g3 g/2)g/4a/4 g2) (3efg|a2g2
f>dB>d|c>Bc>d c2 (G>F):|2
g3 a g2 (3e/f/g/|a2 g2 f>dB>d|c2 z2
[E4c4]||
DON MESSER'S BROADCAST. Canadian, Reel. Condor 977‑1489,
"Graham and Eleanor Townsend Live at
DON REED’S BREAKDOWN. Canadian, Reel. Composed by
DON SIDE. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard. AB (Surenne): AABB (Perlman):
AABBCCDD (Athole, Bremner, Gow, Kerr, Skye). Glen (1891) finds the earliest
printing of the tune in Robert Bremner's
1757 collection (pg. 63). Don side refers to the River Don in
***
“Do you know
where you’re going to, sir?” he said.
“Na,” came the answer.
“Well, you’re going to
perdition,” was the stern rejoinder.
“Eh?” exclaimed the
maudlin one, waking up somewhat; “I’m in the wrang train again!”
***
View of St. Machers from the
River Don. James Cassie (Inverurie 1819-1879)
***
The strathspey was recorded on a 78
RPM disc by
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See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index |
X:1
T:Don Side
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
A|G/G/G B>G A>G E<A|G/G/G B>G A>GB>G|c>AB>G A>GE>e| d>cB>A B<GG:|
|:f|g>dg>B A>GE>e|g>dg>B ~g>dg>a|b/a/g/f/ g>B A>G E<e| d>cB>A B<GG:|
DON TREMAINE'S REEL. Canadian, American; Reel.
DONAGHADEE. Scottish, Jig. C Major. Standard. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 281, pg. 31.
X:1
T:Donaghadee
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 281
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
c2c c2c|edc efg|c2c c2c|Bdc BAG|c2c
c2c|edc efg|a2g f2e|dcB c3:|
|:g2g g2g|gag edc|d2d d2d|ded
BAG|g2g g2g|gag edc|a2g f2e|dcB c3:|
DONAGHMORE, THE. AKA and see “Colonel Fraser.” Irish, Reel.
DÓNAL A’ CLUMPER’S
REEL. AKA and see “The Gleanntan Reel [2].”
DONAL
DON. Scottish, March (2/4 time). G
Major. Standard. AB.
X:1
T:Donal Don
D:Jock Tamson's Bairns, May You Never Lack a Scone
Z:Nigel Gatherer
L:1/8
M:2/4
K:G
B2 d>B | AG E2 | A2 B>A | GE D2 | B2 d>B | AG E/F/G/A/ | Bd
BA | G2 G2 ||
D2 D>E | DG GF | E2 E>D | EA AF | D2 D>E | DG GA | Bd BA |
G2 G2 |]
DONAL
DONAL O'BRIEN. Irish, Planxty (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard. One part. The tune is
attributed to blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), thought Donal
O’Sullivan, in his definitive work on the bard could find no incontrovertable
evidence of its origin. Complete
Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 112, pg. 82.
DONAL
O'CONNOR’S. Irish, Slide (12/8). G Major. Standard. AABB. Treoir.
X: 1
T: Donal O'Connor's
S: Treoir
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
Q: 350
Z: Transcribed by Bill Black
R: slide
K: G
A | B3 cBA G2 E D2 D | EFG A2 B c3 cBA |
B3 cBA G2 E D2 D | EFG AFD G3 G2 :|
E | D2 B BAB d2 B BAB | D2 G A2 B c2 A
D2
B BAB d2 B BAB | ABA FGA G3 G2 :|
DONAL OG. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow
Airs of
DONALBANE. Scottish, Canadian; Reel or Strathspey.
X:1
T:Donalbane
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 11 (c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
a|e/e/e
e>d c>de>c|A<e c<a (f2 e)a|e/e/e e>d c>de>c|B/B/B
c>e (f2 e):|
|:g|a>ga>f
e<c A>g|a>e f<a f2 (ef/g/)|a>ga>f a>f e<c|B/B/B c>e
(f2 e):|
DONALD ANGUS BEATON. Canadian, Jig.
DONALD ANGUS BEATON’S. Canadian, Strathspey.
DONALD BACCAGH’S
LAMENT. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time).
X:1
T:Donald Baccagh’s Lament
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”A
B:Stanford/Petrie
– Complete Petrie Collection of Ancient
Irish Music, No. 1021 (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B Flat
Bc/d/|edcB G2 FD|F2 GB c2 d/e/f|edcB
GB FD|{G}F2 {F}GB B3||
B/c/d|edef g2 fd|ce/f/ gf f2 bg|fd
e/d/c/B/ G2 FD|{G}F2 GB B3||
DONALD BLUE. Shetland, Shetland Reel or March. Shetland, Mainland district (also
Papa Stour and Fetlar). D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Flett & Flett): AABB
(Anderson, Brody, Hunter, Martin & Hughes). The melody was collected under
a different name by the English musicologist Pat Shuldham‑Shaw. David
Murray (Music of the Scottish Regiments,
Edinburgh, 1994) writes, “The first pipe major of the 2nd Battalion
(of the Scots Fusilier Guards) was Donald MacPherson, who transferred from the
Black Watch; and it is, perhaps, a result of this connection that the Scots
Guards play as their ‘Lights Out’ call, the march ‘Donald Blue’, as do the
Black Watch and, indeed, did the Gordons, and that the pipe bag covers of the
Scots Guards are in the Black Watch tartan” (pg. 122). Source for notated
version: Tom Anderson and Aly Bain (Shetlands) [Brody]; Fraser Hughson (Aith,
Shetland) via Tom Anderson (Lerwick, Shetland) [Anderson & Georgeson].
Anderson & Georgeson (Da Mirrie
Dancers), 1970; pg. 25. Brody (Fiddler’s
Fakebook), 1983; pg. 87. Flett & Flett (Traditional Dancing in
X:1
T:Donald Blue
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:D
dBAF AFAB|dBAF E2D2|cBAF AF A2|BBBA
B2e2:|
|:ABde fafd|fafd ed B2|ABde
fafd|BBBA B2d2:|
DONALD CAIRD('S COME
AGAIN). Scottish, Strathspey. The melody is
mentioned by Alexander Campbell in Albyn's
Anthology (1812) when he states in a footnote, "This air is a dancing
measure or slow strathspey, danced by two highlandmen with appropriate gesture,
but without the fling or gambol peculiar to the quicker strathspey or
reel."
DONALD CAMERON'S POLKA. AKA and see “Donald Cameron’s Reel.” Canadian, Reel.