Clan Chattan

 CLAN CHATTAN. Scottish, Pipe Quickstep (4/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed in 1862 by Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927) as a march for the bagpipes (whose scale is fixed in mixolydian mode). Skinner's hand written note indicates he expected that fiddlers would play it in A major if they preferred. An early manuscript copy of the melody with hand-ruled staves was sent to Keith Norman MacDonald, folded, with the reverse side used as envelope (addressed, with stamp affixed). Printed source: Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 40 (includes variation sets).

X:1 T:Clan Chattan M:C L:1/8 R:Pipe Quickstep C:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927) S:Skinner - Harp and Claymore (1904) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amix .e/.c/ | .A.A {A}B/A/B/c/ {c}A2 A.B/.c/ | {c}d~f .e/.A/.e/.c/ {c}B2 B.e/.c/ | AA {A}B/A/B/c/ A/B/c/d/ eA | {c}d~f e/c/d/B/ {B}A2 A :| .a.f g/e/f/d/ .e.a.c.A | {c}df e/c/d/B/ ({B}A2 A :||
 * (3e/f/g/ |aA g/e/f/d/ {f}e2 .e.A | {c}df e/A/e/c/ {c}B2 .B(3e/f/g/ |