MacCrimmon's Lament.

[Ptarmigan]

MacCrimmon's Lament.
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Traditional Scottish Slow Air.
Played on Hammered Dulcimer, English Concertina, Fiddle, & Whistle.
Lockdown Video #564

 

Cheers,

Dick

 

 

 

[Roger Hare]

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Edited April 29, 2023 by lachenal74693

[Roger Hare]

Basic ABC:

X:1
T:MacCrimmon's Lament
%a lightly edited tune from the Traditional Tune Archive:
T:Cha tìl Mac Crimmnan
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=40
R:Slow Air or March
Q:"Slowly"
S:Morison - Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1 (c. 1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Amin
A |: e2 d e2 A | e2 d e<AB | d2 G d2 G | B2 d BAA :|
%bar 5 was overfull: I believe that 'A{A}a2' -> '{A}a2' corrects this - RJH
|: {A}a2 g a2 A | a2 g aAB | d2 G d2 G | B2 d BAA :|
|: {A}eA (3f/e/d/ eA (3f/e/d/ | eA (3f/e/d/ eAB | dG (3e/d/B/ dG (3e/d/B/ | dGB BAz :|
|: e2 d/B/ A2 ^f/d/ | e2 d/B/ eAB | B2 e/A/ G2 e/d/ | B2 e/d/ BAz :|]

Question for the pipers: Changing the key to Hp only affects the fs in the triplets in bars 9 and 10.* In this case, is it 'OK' to replace Amin with Hp?

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*There are no cs, and the f in bar 13 is explicitly sharp

Edited April 29, 2023 by lachenal74693