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 Theme code Index    1H3bH4H7b 1H3bH2H1H
 Also known as    Johnnie Lad
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    4/4, 2/2
 History    
 Structure    AB, AAB, AABB
 Editor/Compiler    William Christie
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Collection of Strathspeys Reels Hornpipes Waltzes &c.
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 19
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1822
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Johnny Lad N:Christie was a dancing master, fiddler N:and composer from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Christie - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, B:Waltzes &c. (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 19) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmin A|~d>efa gece|defd {f}e2 d^c|defd gece|Td>cAc {c}d2d:| c|~A2 FA {A}G2 Gc|{c}A2 Ac defd|cAFA {A}G2 Gc|T(A>G)Ac {c}d2 Td>c| TA2 FA {A}G2 Gc|{c}A2 Ac defg|aAFA {A}G2 Gc|{B}A>GAc {c}d2d|]


X:1 T:Johnny Lad M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:William Mackie manuscript collection (p. 36, Aberdeen, early 19th century, B:after 1814) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D efge afdf|efge f2d2|efge afdf|edBd 2e2:| |:dBBG A2 Ad|B2 Bd efge|B2 BG A2 Ad|BABd e2e2:|


X:1 T:Pipe Reel N:A version of "Johnny Lad" M:C L:1/8 R:Pipe Reel B:Finlay Dunn & George Farquhar Graham – “Celtic Melodies, Being a B:Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs, Pipe-Reels, and B:Cainntearachd, vol. 1” (Edinburgh, c. 1830, No. 60, p. 34) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Emin B2 GB A2 GA|{c}BABd e>f g2|B2 GB A2 GA|{c}BABd e2 z2| B2 GB A2 GA|{c}BABd e>f g2|B2 GB A2 GA|{d}BABd e3||f| efge fddf|efge f2 ed|efge fddf|{f}edBd e3f| efge fddf|efge f2 ed|efge agfd|{f}edBd e>f g2||


X:1 T:Johnny Lad N:”Very Old” M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, B:book 2 (1844–1845, p. 14) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G d|B2 BG A2 Ad|B2 Bd efge|B2 BG A2 Ad|BABd e2 ed| B2 BG A2 Ad|B2 Bd efge|B2 BG A2 Ad|BABd e2e|| B|efge fddf|efge f2 df|efge afge|dBB^d e2 eB| efge fddf|efga {g}f2 df|efge afge|dBBd efge||


X:1 T:Johnny Lad M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 8) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin B|efge afdf|efge f2 ed|efge afdf|edBd (e2e):| |:d|B2 BG A2 Ad|BABd efgd|B2 BG A2 Ad| BABd (e2e):|]


X:1 T:Johnnie Lad M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Emin d|B2 BG A2 Ad|B2 Bd efgd|B2 BG A2Ad|BAB^d e2 eB:| B|efge fddf|efge f2 df|efge afge|dBB^d e2 eB| efge fddf|efga f2 df|efge afge|dBBd efgd|]


X:2 T:Johnny Lad M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Kohler's Violin Repository, vo. 2 (Edinburgh, 1881-1885, p. 118) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Emin |:B|(ef)ge (af)df|(ef)ge f2 ed|(ef)ge (af)df|(ed)Bd e2e:| |:d|B2 BG A2 Ad|(BA)Bd (ef)gd|B2 BG A2 Ad|(BA)Bd e2 e:||