Kate Dunlay wrote:
> I've now read in two places that the Irish tune "The High Reel" is
> descended from a Scottish tune by the name of "Sandy Duff." However,
> neither "Sandy Duff" nor "Alexander Duff" is listed in Charlie Gore's
> index and I haven't been able to locate any reference to the tune in
> a Scottish collection. Has anyone else seen it? I'm just curious.
Hi Kate. It's not in Gore because it's a pipe tune. Where have you read
about "The High Reel"? There seems little doubt on the evidence:
X:609
T:Sandy Duff
B:Scots Guards, Standard Settings
Z:Nigel Gatherer
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:A
e | a2 e<a c>AA>a | c<Ae>A c>AA>e |\
a2 e<a c>AA>a | B<=Gd>G B>GG>e |
a2 e<a c>AA>a | c<Ae>A c>AA>c |\
=g2 f<g a>ef>d | B<=Gd>G B>GG ||
a | c<Ae>A f>Ae>d | c<Ae>A c>AA>a |\
c<Ae>A f>Ae>d | B<=Gd>G B>GG>a |
c<Ae>A f>Ae>d | c<Ae>A c>AA>c |\
=g2 f<g a>ef>d | B<=Gd>G B>GG |]
X:610
T:High Reel, The
B:100 Essential Irish Session Tunes
Z:Nigel Gatherer
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:A
a2 ea ecAB | (3cBA eA fAeA | a2 ea ecAB | Bcdc B=GGA |
a2 ea ecAB | cdef =g2 fg | af=ge fdec | Bcdc B=GG2 :|
(3cBA eA fAeA | (3cBA af ecAB | (3cBA eA fAec | Bcdc B=GB=c |
(3cBA eA fAed | cdef =g2 fg | af=ge fdec | Bcdc B=GG2 :|
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