Black at the Bane

X:1 T:Black at the Bane M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel/Strathspey S:McGlashan - Strathspey Reels (c. 1780-81) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D>E GG G>B | AD E2 E2 | D>E GG GG B>A G2 G2 :| e/g/ | a>eg>B A2 Ae/g/ | a>egB (B2 d) f | a>eg>B d>egd | egd>B G>ABG | A>Bg>e dBGB| A>BG>D E2 E2 | D>E GA G2 G2 ||

 BLACK AT THE BANE. Scottish, Strathspey or Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. 'Black to the Bone', sans dialect; heartless. "Old" remarks Gow (1822). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printed version of the tune in Alexander McGlashan's collection. McGlashan (c.1740-1797) was nicknamed 'King' because of his stately and rather showy appearance, but was one of Edinburgh's most famous fiddler-composers and dance band leaders. Printed source: Gow (Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1822; p. 26. McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1780/81; p. 25. Ross (Choice Collection of Scots Reels, Country Dances & Strathspeys), 1780. X:2 T:Black at the (Bane) Bone M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey N:"Slowly" N:"It may not be unworthy of notice, that this Tune in N:Second Stratin is a bar short. The Editors observe N:the same irregularity in 'Saw ye my Father'." N:The missing bar is the second of the 2nd strain, and N:goes a>egB (B2 d)f| B:Gow - Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1822) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D|DB|A>B GD "tr"E3 {F}G|DB|"tr"A>G AB G3D| DB|A>B GD E3{F}G|DB|A>G AB G3||e/g/| a>e g>B {B}A2 A e/e g>B ~d>e gd|(eB "tr"G>A BG| Ae (dB) G>B|(AB) G>D ~E3G|D>E (.G.G) GB|"tr"A>G (AB) G3|| __NORICHEDITOR__