Key signature: Gminor
Submitted on September 21st 2004 by Kerri Brown.
This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.
Also known as Captain's Pledge, The Captain's Pledge, Captains Pledge.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: George I. Taylor
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Gmin
B<dB>A G>AB<G|F>fc>A F>Ac<A|B>dB<G c>=Bc<e|(3dcB (3cBA B<G G2 |
B<dB>A G>AB<G|F>f=e<g f>cA<F|B>dB<G c>=Bc<e|(3dcB (3cBA B<G G>f||
{f}g2 d2 {f}g2 ba/4g/4f/4=e/4| f<ac>a f>ga<f|{f}g2 d2 g2 ba/4g/4f/4=e/4 | f<c d (3c/2B/2A/2 B<G G2|
g2 G>B d>g (3gab | a2 F>A c>f (3fga| B2 (3Bcd c<A (3ABc | (3BAG (3AG_G =G4|]
George I. Taylor
Another tune I was inspired to learn after hearing Gilles Losier play it at the session. A little birdie told me he had a Leahy album with this tune on it, so I borrowed it, and voila. They say they picked up the tune from Jean Carignan and Denis Lanctot.
This is the first time I've tried to notate (or learn) a strathspey. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
# Posted on September 21st 2004 by Kerri Brown
George I. Taylor
I also enjoy listening to the song on the Leahy CD. This song will be my first attempt at a strathspey also. Any hints are definitely welcome.
# Posted on February 9th 2006 by lorilynn
George I. Taylor
This tune was composed in 1931 by J Murdoch Henderson after an Aberdeen fiddler. He was a left-handed fiddler who played his fiddle tuned normally (i.e. not strung left-handed). JMH said "his interpretation of strathspeys in the minor mode is particularly fine."
George Taylor's father was also a left-handed fiddler celebrated by James Scott Skinner in his tune "The Left-Handed Fiddler" http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4661
# Posted on February 11th 2006 by nigelg
Winston Scottie Fitzgerald recorded this one on an LP. It was later put on CT "Classic Cuts". Needless to say, it sounded really good.
# Posted on May 10th 2009 by mactcampbell