Larry Sanger posted some reels from a tape of the Donegal fiddler John
Docherty on the Irish music list. I sort of identified the first as a
hybrid of two Skinner reels. At first glance the 2nd and third sound
Scottish, and I keep thinking I recognise them, but cannot quite grasp
them. Any ideas?
X:1
T:The Baker with the Ten Pound Fiddle
R:reel
S:John Doherty
N:Appears to be a combination of two James Scott Skinner tunes:
N:"The Baker" and "The Ten Pound Fiddle" (thus the silly name, for want
N:of a better).
Z:Larry Sanger from a tape of a tape of a tape...of John Doherty. He
Z:just played it twice through, so this is more or less what he played.
Z:The second and fourth parts below are identical; it might just be a
Z:two-part reel with the second time through being a variation, but it
Z:sounds good as a four-part reel too. Yes, he played the second and
Z:fourth parts for sixteen bars, the first and third parts for eight
Z:bars.
M:4/4
K:A
[E3c3]B|:A/A/A ED CEAc|eAce fdBG|A/A/A {F}EC DFBA|
|1 GBeg aAAE:|2 GBeg aAAg||:aAga fedc|dFBA GABg|aAga fdfa|ecdB cAAg|
aAga fedc|dFBA GBed|cA{F}ED CEAc|1 dfBg aAAg:|2 dfBg aAAd||
cA (3FED CEAc|dFBA GBed|cA (3FED CEAc|1 dfBg aAAd:|2 dfBg aAAg||
|:aAga fedc|dFBA GABg|aAga fdfa|ecdB cAAg|aAga fedc|
dFBA GBed|cA{F}ED CEAc|1 dfBg aAAg:|2 dfBg aAAd||
X:2
T:Gan Ainm
R:reel
Z:Larry Sanger from a tape of a tape of a tape...of John Doherty.
Z:A few variations are not notated here. John used lots of double
Z:in appropriate places in measures 1 and 5 of the first part, as
Z:you can easily imagine if you've heard John Doherty do this.
M:4/4
K:A
E2|:A2cA EACE|A2ce aeca|fddf edcd|Bcdf efga|
A/A/A cA EACE|A2ce aeca|fddf edce|1 dBGB A2E2:|2 dBGB A2fg||
|:aAgA fAec|defg aeca|fddf ecce|dBBc defg|
aAgA fAec|defg aeca|fddf edce|1 dBGB A2fg:|2 dBGB A2E2||
X:3
T:Gan Ainm
R:reel
Z:Larry Sanger from a tape of a tape of a tape...of John Doherty.
Z:In this performance John varied the tune remarkably little, but
Z:played just 2.5 times.
M:4/4
K:A
d|:cA A/A/A eAcd|eaga fedc|dB B/B/B fBde|fefg afed|
cA A/A/A eAcd|eaga fedc|defg abaf|1 e/f/g ae cAAd:|2 e/f/g ae cAAf||
|:e/f/e ce Aece|aAgA fe^de|f/g/f ^df Bfdf|bBaB gBf^d|
e/f/e ce Aece|aAgA fAec|dcde fgaf|1 e/f/g ae cAAf:|2 e/f/g ae cAAd||
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Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland
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