Annotation:Skye Dance (4)
X:1 T:Untitled T:Skye Dance [4] M:C L:1/8 R:Reel or Country Dance N:”(A) Skye dance” B:Patrick MacDonald – “Collection of Highland Vocal Airs” (Edinburgh, 1784, No. 29, p. 37) N:MacDonald was Minister of Kilmore in Argyleshire. The volume is N:dedicated to the ‘Gentlemen of the Highland Society in London’. F:https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Highland_Vocal_Airs_To_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin e2 ee e2 dc|c2 cc c2 dd|e2 ee e2 dc|BGGB AA A2:| |:c2 cc (ge) (ge)|c(cge) ee e2|eeea e2 dc|BGGB AA A2:| |:e2 ee {f}e2 dc|c2 cc d2 dd|e2 ee {f}e2 dc|B2 AB AA A2:| |:ccge e(eed)|cc(ag) ee e2|ccge eeed|ge(ec) AA A2:|]
SKYE DANCE [4]. Scottish, Reel (whole time). Scotland, Isle of Skye. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Skye Dance [2]" is one of four dance tunes collected on the Isle of Skye in the latter 18th century by the Rev. Patrick MacDonald, minister of Kilmore in Argyleshire.
