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Annotation:Gill Can (The)
X:1 T:Gill Can, The N:Transcribed from a 1954 field recording of fiddler Peter Scollay (1922-2000), N:Burravoe, Shetland. N:A version of "Loch Leven Castle" M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/89483?l=en Z:Andrew Kuntz K:Amix e2|a2 a2-a2ec|ea-ab a2ef|Jg2 ga ged=c|{B=c}B4 G2 g2| a2a2- a2ec|ea-ab a2 ef|Jg2 ga gedB|=c2 A2-A2|| ([A2e2]|a2)a2a2ec|ea-ab a2ef|Jg2 ga ged=c|{B=c}B2G2-G2B2-| A2 AB AGE2|AGAB- =c2cd|efga gedB|J^c2 A2-A2|| E2|AGAB AGE2|AEAB =c2cd|efga ged=c|B=cdB G2cB| A2 AB AGE2|AGAB- =c2cd|efga gedB|^c2 A2-A2||
GILL CAN, THE. AKA and see "Loch Leven Castle." Scottish, Reel. Scotland, Shetland Isles. A Mixolydian/Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. "The Gill Can" is a mixed mode (mixolydian and dorian) version of "Loch Leven Castle," played by Burravoe, Shetland, fiddler Peter Scollay (1922-2000). Mr. Scollay was recorded in the field in 1954 by Iain Maclean.
