Key signature: Amixolydian
Submitted on May 25th 2001 by Jeremy.
This tune has been added to 140 tunebooks.
Also known as A Scarce O'Tatties, Cion A'Bhuntata, Scarce O'Tatties, Scarce Of Tatties, Scarce O’ Tatties.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Scarce O' Tatties
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amix
|:A2e efg|e2B dBG|A2e efg|edB Ace|
a2a g2g|f2f ecA|A2e efg|dBG A3:|
aeg a2f|g2f eAA|aeg a2f|g2f e3|
e3 A3|d2e fed|A2e efg|dBG A3:|
The following is about this song from the Clarke Tin Whistle book by Bill Ochs: "A recently composed tune by Norman Maclean, piper from Uist in the Outer Hebrides. A friend of his working in London complained about the qulaity of potatoes there, and so this tune was born"
There's a strong rhythm to this tune which you can emphasise by double-stopping that opening A note (drone an E with it). Alternatively, you could change it from one long A note into a triplet, ABA for example.
There's some other long notes in the second part where you could do the same thing. So, instead of simply a long E followed by a long A, you'd have EFE ABA.
# Posted on June 2nd 2001 by Jeremy
Scarce O' Tatties
A fiddler friend of mine, Clay Scott, hauled this one up from the depths of memory along the followling lines--similar to Jeremy's setting, but for a few notes here and there. We've added it to our short list of frequently played tunes at the local session.
X: 1
T: Scarce O' Tatties
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
C: Norman McLean
K: Amix
Ace efg|edB dBG|Ace efg|edB Ace|
~a3 gag|faf ecA|Ace efg|1 edB A2 A:|2 edB A2 a||
aeg a2 f|gaf ecA|aeg a2 f|gaf e3|
efe Ace|def fed|Ace efg|1 edB A2 a:|2 edB A2 A||
# Posted on January 24th 2006 by Will Harmon