Lady Madelina Sinclair.

[Ptarmigan]

Lady Madelina Sinclair.
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Scottish Strathspey composed by William Marshall & first published by Neil Gow in 1792.
Played on Hammered Dulcimer, English Concertina, Fiddle & Bodhran.
Lockdown Video #534

 

Cheers,

Dick

 

 

Edited March 16, 2023 by Ptarmigan

[Roger Hare]

Basic ABC code - even though the composer is different...😕

X:7452
T:Lady Madeline Sinclair
%A lightly edited tune from Tom Buchanan's Scottish Tome: https://www.thisoldtractor.com/guzzi007/Scottish_Tome/Tom_Buchanan's_Scottish_Tome.html
%%video https://youtu.be/q0x-t8ru8dI 
C:William Marshall (1748-1833)
O:Scotland
S:Tom Buchanan's Scottish Tome - Page 405.1
Z:Carl Allison
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=130
R:Strathspey
K:Amaj
%Apart from the different pattern of repeats, and a couple of minor repair, this is pretty much
%comparable to a John Chambers transcription I found - except it gives William Marshall as the composer?
|: f | "A" e>Ac>A c/d/e "D" f2 | "A" e>Ac>A "E7" B2 B>f | "A" e>Ac>A c/d/e "D" a2 | "F#m" B<B "E7" c>B "A" A2 A :|
e | "A" a>gf>e "D" ((3fga) "E" ((3gab) | "A" agfe a>c "E7" B>e | "A" a>gf>e "D" ((3fga) "E7" ((3gab) | "A" ((3agf) "E7" ((3efg) "A" a2 "E7" ((3efg) |
"A" a>f"E"g>e "D" f>de>c | "Bm" d<b "A" c<a "E7" B2 B>d | "A" ((3cde) f2 ((3cde) "D" a2 | "F#m" A<A "E7" c>B "A" A2 |]

 

[Ptarmigan]

2 hours ago, lachenal74693 said:

Basic ABC code - even though the composer is different...😕

 

 

The earliest version of this tune appears to be Charles Duff's tune - "Braes of Aberarder,", published in 1790.

However, the version I play is closer to the Neil Gow one, which was published in the Skye Collection of 1887, as played here by master Fiddler Paul Anderson who credits William Marshall as the composer.

Traditional Tune Archive: Lady Madelina Sinclair

 

As usual, the Session.org site has a few different versions of this tune: Lady Madelina Sinclair

 

Not surprising really that so many people wanted to be remembered for, or at leat associated with, such a great tune.

 

Cheers,

Dick   

Edited March 16, 2023 by Ptarmigan

[Roger Hare]

22 minutes ago, Ptarmigan said:

The earliest version of this tune appears to be etc...

Thank you very much for those extra references. I always like to follow these things up in a little more detail...😊

Edited March 16, 2023 by lachenal74693