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Cabar Féidh
X:1 T:Capperfae T:Cabar F\351idh M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 827) N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see N:https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="1." [V:1] B|Gggf g2d2|g2 dc BGGB|Aaab a2e2|aeae cAAB| Gggf g2d2|g2 dc BGGB|ABcd efge|a2 ed cAA:| |:c|BGdG eGdG|BGdG BGGB|cAeA fAeA|cAed cAAc| BGdG eGBG|DEGA BGGB|ecdB cABG|A2 ED CA,A,:|]
X:2
T:Cabar Feidh
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Alexander Mackay - A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes
B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 21)
B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947
N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield.
N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler composer from Islay. Many of his
N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings.
N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
V:1 clef=treble name="2."
[V:1] e|{B}c2 ed c2 GA|{AB}c2 (GF) EDCE|Dgfe d2 (A/B/c)|{^c}d2 AG FDDB|
{B}c2 ed c2 GA|{AB}c2 (GF) EDCE|.D.E.F.G .A.B.c.A|{A}d2 (AG) FDD||
e|c/c/c (gc) ecgc|c/c/c (gc) ecce|d/d/d (ad) fdaf|defg afdf|
ecgc acgc|GAcd edcg|afge fdec|{^c}d2 (AG) FDD:|
|:c|(A/B/c) Gc EcGc|(A/B/c) GF EDCE|1 DdAd FdAd|Dd AG FDD:|2 DEFG ABce|{A}d2 AG FDD||
|:e|c/c/c (gc) ecgc|c/c/c (gc) ecce|d/d/d (ad) fdad|defg afdf|
defg afdf|ecgc acgc|GAcd edcg|afge fdec|{^c}d2 (AG) FDD:|]
X:3
T:Cabair feidh
T:Deer's Horn
T:McKenzie's Arms
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:William Gunn - The Caledonian Repository of Music
B:Adapted for the Bagpipes (Glasgow, 1848, p. 24)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="3."
[V:1] e|gage g2 de|g2 dc BGGB|Aaag a2 ef|a2 ed c>def|
gage g2 de|g2 dc BGGB|ABcd efge|a2 ed cAAe||
BGdG eGdG|BGdG BGGd|cAeA fAed|cAeA cAAe|
BGdG eGdG|BGdG BGGB|ABcd efge|a2 ed cAAa||
c<cgc ecge|cdef gece|d<dad fdaf|defg agfa|
c<cgc ecge|cdef gece|afge fded|caed cAAB||
GGGB GGGa|BGdG BGGB|AAAB AAAa|cAeA cAAB|
GGGB GGGa|BGdG BGGB|ABced efge|a2 ed cAA||
X:4
T:Caber Feidh Reel
M:C
L:1/8
R:Pipe Reel
B:William Ross - Ross's Collection of Pipe Music (1869, No. 196, p. 124)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="4."
[V:1] e/f/|g2 ae g2 d<e|g2 dc BGGB|d<aag a2 ef|a2 ed cd<ef|
g2 ae g2 d<e|g2 dc BGGB|ABcd efge|a2 ed cA A||
e|G<GdG BGdB|G<GdG BGGB|B<AeA cAec|A<AeA cAAc|
G<GdG BGdB|G<GdG BGGB|ABcd efge|a2 ed cA A||
f/e/|d2 ad fdad|d2 ad fddf|e2 ae feae|e2 ae g2 ea|
d2 ad fdad|d2 ad fddf|afge fd<ef|a2 ed cA A||
X:5
T:Caper Quinn
T:Caber Feigh
T:Rakish Paddy
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 216, p. 46)
B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=45&z=48.1108%2C93.0703%2C3354.9848%2C1359.5518
N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from
N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
V:1 clef=treble name="5."
[V:1] c2 dc/B/ c2 GA/B/|c2 GF EC C2|Dddc d2 AB/c/|d2 AG FD D2|
c2c2c2 GA/B/|c2 GF EC C2|DEFG ABcA|d2 AG FD D2||
ecgc acgc|ecgc ec c2|fdad bdad|fdad fd d2|
ecgc agc|GAcd ec c2|afge fdec|d2 AG FD D2||
X:6
T:Cabar F\351idh
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
V:1 clef=treble name="6."
[V:1] G|~c2ed ~c2GB|~c2GF ECCE|Ddd^c d2Ac|d2AG FDDB|
~c2ed ~c2GB|cGAF ECCE|DEFG ABcA|d2 AG FDD||
f|ecgc acgc|ecgc ecce|fdad bdad|fgag fddf|
ecgc acgc|GAcd eccg|afge fdf^c|d2AG FDD||
X:7
T:Cabar Feigh
T:Deer's Horns, The
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:setting by John Kelly, San Francisco
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Reel
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="7."
[V:1] A/2B/2|:c2 dB cGAB|cBAG EC C2|d2 ec d2 (3ABc|dABG ^FGAB|
c2 dB cGAB|cBAG ECCE|DE=FG ABce|dcAG FD D2:|
|:ecgc acgc|egfg ecce|fdad bdad|faga fddf|
ecgc acgc|egfg ecce|dcBc ABce|1dcAG FD D2:|2dcAG FGAB||