This is a fife tune we used to play in the mid-70s in the 1st Maryland Regiment, a Revolutionary War living history group. I learned it from Tom Benoit, a fifer in the Old Guard, the US Army fife and drum corps. I've adapted the original abc slightly to show how we played the tune - almost the same, but with a couple of minor changes - and I've written out the second part as well. (I tried to show both together, but I couldn't quite work out how to do that.)
This was always one of my favorite tunes to play, in part because the fifes would play it 'solo' - i.e., no drums. Regards, Erich X:517 T:Balquhidder Lasses - 1st part S:Jim Coon, internet Z:Nigel Gatherer N:Slightly modified by Erich Marschner, to reflect how I learned it. N:Learned from Tom Benoit of the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps (http://www.ogfdc.org/index.php). N:As played by the Musick (fifes and drums) of the 1st Maryland Regiment, ca. 1975 M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Edor BA | G2 FG EFGA | B2 B2 e3 e | d2 A2 ABAG | DEFG A2 | BA | G2 FG EFGA | B2 B2 e3 e | d2 A2 BAGF | E6 :| B2 | e2 ef e2 B2 | efgf e2 Bc | d2 de dAFA | DEFG A2 | B2 | e2 ef e2 B2 | efgf e2 Bc | d2 A2 BAGF | E6 | B2 | e2 ef e2 B2 | efgf e2 Bc | d2 de dAFA | DEFG A2 | BA | G2 FG EFGA | B2 B2 e3 e | d2 A2 BAGF | E6 |] X:518 T:Balquhidder Lasses - 2nd Part S:Jim Coon, internet Z:Erich Marschner N:As played by the Musick (fifes and drums) of the 1st Maryland Regiment, ca. 1975 M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Edor GF | E2 B,2 E2 EF | GAGE G3 G | F2 F4 (D2 | D)CDE F2 | GF | E2 B,2 E2 EF | G4 GBAG | FD A,D E2 B,2 | E6 :| EF | GABA G2 F(G/2A/2) | G2 E4 DE | FGAG F2 (D2 | D2) DEF2 | BA | GABA G2 F(G/2A/2) | G2 E4 EG | FD A,D E2 B,2 | E6 | EF | GABA G2 F(G/2A/2) | G2 E4 DE | FGAG F2 (D2 | D2) DEF2 | GF | E2 B,2 E2 EF | G4 GBAG | FD A,D E2 B,2 | E6 |] on 3/25/03 10:18 AM, David Francis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Nigel wrote: > >> I've been sent this tune by someone in the states - I've never heard it >> before, and can't match it. Does anyone else know it? > > Bella McNab's have been playing this tune for a number of years. I don't > know much about it at all - we got it from an album by Dave Swarbrick called > 'The Ceilidh Album' (which I notice has just been re-issued on CD) > >> X:517 >> T:Balquidder Lasses >> S:Jim Coon, internet >> Z:Nigel Gatherer >> M:4/4 >> L:1/8 >> K:Edor >> BA | G2 FG EFGA | B2 B2 e4 | d2 A2 ABAF | DEFG A2 >> BA | G2 FG EFGA | B2 B2 e4 | d2 A2 BAGF | E6 :| >> B2 | e2 ef e2 B2 | efgf e2 Bc | d2 de dAFA | DEFG A2 >> B2 | e2 ef e2 B2 | efgf e2 Bc | d2 A2 BAGF | E6 >> B2 | e2 ef e2 B2 | efgf e2 Bc | d2 de dAFA | DEFG A2 >> BA | G2 FG EFGA | B2 B2 e4 | d2 A2 BAGF | E6 |] > > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To > subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: > http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
