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Notation
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 copy of
abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.
[AK] |
DUN DO SHUILE. AKA and see "Close Your Eyes"
(Lullabye).
DÚN NA SÉAD (Fort of the Jewels). AKA –
“Cois abhainn na Séad” (By the River of Gems). Irish, Air. Brian McNamara
explains that Dún na Séad is the original name for the
DUN PETTICOAT, THE. See “(An) Còta Bàn Odhar.”
DÚN UÍ BHRAOIN (Breen’s Fort). Irish, Slow Air (cut time). G
Major. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: the manuscript of the James Goodman (1828-1896) and Anglican cleric
and collector,
DUNBARTON REEL. Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard. AABB.
Composed by
X:1
T:Dunbarton
Reel
C:Jim Magill
R:Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Transcribed
by Bruce Osborne
K:D
A2|d2Ac
d2A2|defd edBA|d2Ac d2A2|ABAG FDD2|
d2Ac
d2A2|defd edBA|defg abag|fdec d2:|
|:A2|DEFG
A2A2|defd edBA|DEFG A2A2|ABAF E4|
DEFG A2A2|defd edBA|defg abag|fdec
d2:|
DUNBARTON’S
DRUMS. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). F Major.
Standard. AABB. Regimental march of the Royal Scots Regiment. The name
derives from the time when Lord George Douglas, created Earl of Dumbarton in
1675, was Colonel, and the Regiment was known as "Dumbarton's Regiment.” Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 123. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808;
pg. 55.
T:Dunbarton’s Drums
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
F>G | A3c AcGA | F2c2c3A | (GFGA) (cA)(F>F) | D2d4 (cd) | f3g (ag)(fd) |
(cA)(cd) f3F | (G>FGA) (cAG>F) | D2d2d2 :: (cd) | f3g (fgag) | f2a2 (ba)(gf) |
(g>f) ga (bagf) | d2g2 g2 (fd) | (cd)(fg) (ag)(fd) |
(cA)(cd) f3g | (ag)(fd) (cA)(G>F) | E2d2d2 :|
DUNBLANE. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard. AABB. Dunblane,
X:1
T:Dunblane
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 171
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
F|B>cd>e f<d
d>f|g>ab>g f<d d>c|B>cd>e f<d b>g|f<d c>d B3:|
|:f|b>ag>f b<f
f>d|e>dc>B A<c c>f|b>ag>f b<f g<b|f<d c>d B3:|
DUNBOYNE
STRAW-PLAITERS, THE. AKA and see “Delaney’s Frolics.” Irish, Reel. B
Minor ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard. AAB. "The name points
to a vanished local industry of Dunboyne, Co, Meath" (Joyce). The tune was
recorded by piper Patsy Tuohey around 1900 on a cylinder, under the title
“Delaney’s Frolics,” a reference to
L:1/8
M:C
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909), No. 358
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B Minor
BcBF A2 Bc|dBcA BFFA|FBBF A2 Bc|d2
eg fd d:|
g|fddc dfaf|gfed cde>g|fddc
dfag|faeg fddg|
fddc dfaf|gfed cde>g|fgaf b2
ag|faeg fd d2||
DUNCAN
BAIN’S BARGAIN.
Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard. AAB. Source for notated
version: “Communicated by Mr. MacPherson,
X:1
T:Duncan
Bain’s Bargain
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Skinner –
Harp and Claymore (1904)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
E>(GG>)B
d>ed>B | B/d/d ({B}g>)b
({B}.A2) .A.B | d>eg>a .g.d e<g | G<G B>A ({A}.G2Gz :|
g>de>d
gd eg | b/a/g/f/ g<B ({B}.A2) .A.d | g>de>d gdeg | G<G B>A
({A}.G2) .G>.d |
gded gdeg |
b/a/g/f/ gB ({B}.A2) .A>B | d<e g<a g<d e<g | G<G B>A
(A<G) G2 ||
DUNCAN DAVI(D)SON. AKA and see "Duncan Davie," "1812" (USA), "1812 Quickstep" (USA), "The Eighteen-Twelve (1812) March," "Gentle Ann," "Handy Andy's Highland Fling,” "Maggy's Weame Is Fu I Trow," "Shakkin Trews," “Tibbie Inglis’ Fancy,” “Welcome Here Again,” "The Wind That Shakes/Shook the Barley [1]" (Shetland), "Ye'll Aye Be Welcome Back Again." Scottish, Strathspey. E Major (Gow, Hunter): D Major (Athole, Cole, Gow, Honeyman, Kerr). Standard tuning. AB (Cole, Honeyman). AAB (Gow Collection): AABB and variations (Gow, Hunter): AABB' (Athole, Kerr): AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJAABB (Gow, First Collection). Variations from the 18th century in the then‑fashionable Haydenesque style (which Hunter identifies as "Italianate") appear in Carlin and Hunter's editions, composed by Nathaniel Gow (not Niel Gow, as is sometimes asserted). The confusion stems from the fact that the tune was published in Niel Gow's 1784 First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels ‑‑ the collection was edited and published by his son Nathaniel however, who added the variations). Glen (1891) believes its ancestral tune to have been "Strick Upon a Strogin" in the Leyden MS of 1692 (Bayard {1981} remarks, "he may be right, but I see no special reason for thinking so."). The most common names for the tune have been "Duncan Davidson" and "Ye'll Aye Be Welcome Back Again," of which the latter, according to Glen, is the older form (he also thinks Burns composed the David title). Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearances of the tune in print in Alexander McGlashan's 1780 collection (pg. 14), and, as "Duncan Davie," in Joshua Campbell's 1778 collection (pg. 31). It also appears in Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler and composed Robert Petrie’s 2nd Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances, 1796. See note for “Ye’ll Aye be Welcome Back Again” for more information.
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“Duncan Davidson” shows up in
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Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 46. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 128. Gow (Complete Collection), Part 1, 1799; pg. 34. Gow (The First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels),
1784 (revised 1801); pgs. 12-13 (includes variation sets). Graham (Popular Songs of
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See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Duncan Davidson
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Honeyman – Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor
(1898)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D>FA>B A<F A2|D>Fd>B
A<F E2|D>FA>B A<FA<g|f>de>f d<d d2|D>FA>B A<F
A2|
D>Fd>B A<F E2|D>FA>B
A<F A>g|f>de>f d<d dg||f>e d/ef/ g>fe>d|c>Ae>A
f>Ae>g|
f>e de/f/
g>fe>d|c>de>f d<d dg|f>e de/f/ g>fe>d|c<A e>A
f>Ae>g|
(3fga (3def (3gfg (3Bcd|(3efe (3dcB
(3ABA (3GFE||
X:2
T:Duncan
Davidson
S:Petrie's
Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve
Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>,
N:Petrie's
Second Collection, page 16
%
Gore's Index gives earliest publication as Alexander MacGlashan's
%
"A Coll. Of Str. R. ..." 1778
L:1/8
M:C
R:Strathspey
K:D
D>FA>B
A<FA>B|D2 d>B A<FE>F|D>FA>B A<FA>f|e>de<f
d<d d2:|
f>ed>f
g>fe>d|c<Ae<A f<Ae<A|f>ed<f g>fe>d|c>de>f
d<dd>g |
f>ed<f
g>fe>d|c<Ae<A f<Ae<A|f<dg<e a<fb<g|f<de<f
d<d d2|]
X:3
T:Duncan Davidson.
M:C
L:1/8
B:Complete Tutor Violin (c. 1815)
Z:Dr. Evan Jones, 2005
K:D
U:w=!wedge!
D>EDd AFAd | D>E D/A/d/c/ B/A/G/F/ E2 | D>EDd AFAg | fdef ddd || (d/e/) |
fdd(e/f/) (a/g/)wf/we/ (g/f/)we/wd/ | cA/A/ eA/A/ c>deg | fdd(e/f/) gfed |
c>de>g (f/e/).d/.c/ d2 |]
DUNCAN GRAY [1]. English, Scottish; Reel or Slow March:
X:1
T:Duncan Gray
M:C
L:1/8
S:Gow – 4th Repository (1817)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
N:”Slow”
K:A
(EAGA) Bc {A}G2|A2 B>d cA
A2|(EAGA) Bc {A}G2|A2 (B/c/)(d/B/) cA A2:|
|:ce (f/e/)(d/c/) dd d2|cd/c/ BA
(G~F) E2|E(AGA) Bc {A}G2|A2 (B/c/)(d/B/) cA A2:|
K:A Minor
E(A^GA) Bc ^G2|A2 B>d {d}cB
B2|E(A^GA) Bc ^G2|~A2 B>d cA A2:|
ce ed/c/ Bd dc/B/|~AB/c/ BA (^GA)
E2|E(A^GA) Bc {A}^G2|~A2 (B/c/)(d/B/) cA A2|
ce ed/c/ Bd dc/B/|~AB/c/ BA (^GA)
E2|E(A^GA) Bc {A}^G2|
~A2
(B/c/)(d/B/) cAA ^G/^F/||
X:2
T:Duncan
Gray
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Aird,
Vol. II (1782)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
DGFG | AB F2 | G2 A>c | BG G2 :|
|: Bd d(c/B/) | cc c2 | B(c/B/) AG | FE D2 | d(e/d/) c(d/c/) |
Bc/(B/ A/c/B/A/) | G2 A>c | BG G2 :|
|: DG (c/B/A/G/ ) | (A/B/c/A/) F2 | (G/A/B/G/) (A/B/c/A/) | BG G2 :|
|: (Bd)(dg) | (ce)(eg) | Bd dc/B/ | (c/B/)(A/G/) FE/D/ |
eg dg | Bg a/c’/b/a/ | G2 A/B/c/A/ | BG G2 :|
X:3
T:Duncan Gray [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
N”Brisk”
S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, Book 1 (c. 1746)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
de/d/ cd/c/ Bc/B/ A/(c/”tr”B/A/) | G2 A>c BG G2 :: DG c/(B/A/G/) A/(B/c/A/) “tr”F2 |
(G>A/2B/4 (A>B/2c/4) BG G2 :: (Bd) (dg) (ce)(eg) | Bd d(c/B/) (c/B/A/G/) “tr”(FE/D/) |
dg ca Bg a/(c’/b/a/) | G2 A/B/c/A/ BG G2 :: (D/G/)(B/G/) (D/G/)(B/G/) (D/A/)(c/A/) D/(A/B/c/) |
d/(g/”tr”f/e/) (d/c/B/A/) BG G2 :: (B/c/d/)B/ G(g/=f/) (e/d/c/B/) “tr” c2 |
(G/F/E/)G/ (c/B/A/G/) (F/G/A/)F/ D(e/f/) | (g/f/e/d/) (e/d/c/B/) (c/B/A/G/) “tr”F(E/D/) |
G>B A/B/c/A/ BG G2 :: dgfg ab “tr”f2 | g>b a>c’ bg
g2 :: bd’ d’c’/b/ c’c’ “tr”c’2 |
bc’/b/ ag fe d2 | (3d’dd’ (3c’dc’ (3bdb (3ad’c’ | “tr”b2 (a/b/c’/)a/ bg g2 ::
B/G/D/G/ (B/4c/4d/) “tr”(c/B/) A/F/D/F/ (A/4B/4c/) “tr”(B/A/) | g2 A/B/c/A/ BG G2 ::
d/g/”tr”(g/f/4g/4) d/g/B/g/ e/c/g/=f/ “tr”e2 |
d/g/”tr”(g/f/4g/4) d/g/B/g/ |
A/G/F/E/ D2 | gbac’ bd’ “tr”F2 | G2 A/B/c/A/ BG G2 :|
DUNCAN GRAY [2], THE. English, Hornpipe.
DUNCAN JOHNSTONE. Scottish, Hornpipe. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB'CCDD'. Composed by
Pipe Major D. MacLeod. Martin (Ceol na
Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; pg. 36.
DUNCAN MACKAY. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). The melody appears in the Bodleian Manuscript (in the Bodleian
Library,
DUNCAN MACQUARRIE REEL, A. Canadian, Reel.
DUNCAN MACQUARRIE
STRATHSPEY, A. Canadian, Strathspey.
DUNCAN MACQUEEN (Donnacha Mac Shuine). Scottish, Slow Strathspey. A Minor.
Standard tuning. AABCD (Athole): AABCCDD (Fraser). "This perhaps, will be
as popular a melody as any in this volume. The only words the editor ever heard
to it were from his father,‑‑from whom he first heard the second
and third parts. The first and last parts have been long communicated by Mr.
Gow, and as long admired,‑‑and he is good enough to say it loses
none of its character, but much the reverse, as now presented" (Fraser).
Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to
the
X:1
T:Duncan McQueen
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Aminor
A|E>A A/A/A A>GA>c|e>c d<e c<G ~G2|E>A A/A/A A>GA>a| g>ed>e c<A A:|
f|e>cd>e A/A/A f2|e>cd>e c<G G2|e>cd>e A/A/A f2|
e>cd>e c<A Af|e>cd>e A/A/A f2|e>cd>e c<G G>B|c>BA>B c>d e<a| g>cd>e c<AA||
z|G>cE>c G>cE>c|e>cd>e cG G2|G>cE>c G>cE>a|g>ed>e c<A A2|
G>cE>c G>cE>c|e>cd>e c<G G>B|c>BA>B c>d e<a|g>ed>e c<A Az||
A<a ~a2 A<a ~a2|G<g ~g2 G<g ~g2|A<a ~a2 A<a ~a2|g>ed>e cAAz|
(3aba
(3gag (3ege c2|(3ege (3ded c<G G>B|c>BA>B c>d
e<a|g>ed>e c<AA||
X:1
T:
M:C
L:1/8