Captain Campbell

strathspey

Key signature: Aminor

Submitted on April 1st 2003 by slainte.

This tune has been added to 90 tunebooks.

Also known as Capt Campbell, Captain Campbell's Highland Fling.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Compilation by Natalie MacMaster
• A Lifelong Home by Alex Francis MacKay
• Cape Breton...My Land In Music by Sandy MacIntyre
• Driven Bow by Alasdair Fraser And Jody Stecher
• Fiddle by Cape Breton Symphony
• Four On The Floor by Natalie MacMaster
• House Sessions by Brenda Stubbert
• How's The Craic? by Gary Innes
• King Of The Button Box by Jimmy Shand
• Leahy by Leahy
• Live From Gatineau, Quebec by Leahy
• Lonely Bird by Aly Bain
• Made In Cape Breton by The Cottars
• Piper by Ryan J. MacNeil
• Quiet Days by Battlefield Band
• Scottish Violin Music -Volume 1 by Hector MacAndrew
• Simple Tricks by Angus Lyon And Ruaridh Campbell
• Slainte Mhath by Slainte Mhath
• The Bluebell Polka by Jimmy Shand
• The Darkest Midnight: A Celtic Nativity by The Beggar Boys Featuring Jayne Tankersley
• The Dusky Meadow by Donald MacLellan With Doug MacPhee
• The Hills Of Glengarry by Aonghas Grant
• The Little Cascade by Ben The Hoose
• The Orkney Fiddler by Fiona Driver
• Traditional Fiddle Music Of Cape Breton Volume 1: Mabou Coal Mines by Various Artists
• Wired Up by Alistair McCulloch

X: 1
T: Captain Campbell
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Amin
E<AA>B c>AB<G|D<GG>A B>dB<G|E<AA>B c>Bc<e|d<Bg>B A2 A2:|
A<aa>g e>dc<e|d<eg>e d>BG<B|A<aa>g e>dc<e|d<Bg>B A2 A2|
A<aa>g e>dc<e|d<eg>e d>BG<B|c<Ad>B e>dc<e|d<Bg>B A2 A2||

Captain Campbell

In Tokyo, there are a couple of fiddlers who really love Cape Breton music and are popularizing several strathspeys in the session. This is one of them.

I feel this tune is melodious enough to mix with Irish tunes while I like playing "A.A. Cameron's" and modern Scottish reel "Islay Rant" after it. Is there any good Irish reel to follow this one? I've just found "Lilting Banshee (Ballinasloe Fair)" is nice, but it's a jig.

# Posted on April 1st 2003 by slainte

Captain Campbell

Thanks sainte, I like this tune a lot.

# Posted on April 1st 2003 by gian marco

Donegal highland

This is a version of a very well-known highland that's a standard in Donegal so no problem mixing it with Irish music. This is the version we play locally

X: 1
T: Captain Campbell
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland
K: Amin
EAAB c2BA|GBdc B

# Posted on April 1st 2003 by skerries

Oops!

Here's the abc again!

X: 1
T: Captain Campbell
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland
K: Amin
EAAB c2BA|GBdc B

# Posted on April 1st 2003 by skerries

I've just had the same problem trying to post ABC in the comments. Must be that SARS bug or whatever you call it.

# Posted on April 1st 2003 by Dow

Try again!

I have removed the "less than" symbol from the abc and replaced it with explicit note lengths. So here goes.

X: 1
T: Captain Campbell
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland
K: Amin
EAAB c2BA|GBdc B/2G3/2GD| EAAB cBce |3(dcB) gB B/2A3/2 A2:|
Aaag abge|dBgd BAGB|Aaag abge|dBgB B/2A3/2AG|
Aaag abge|dBgd BAGB |A^GAB cBcd|3(efg) dg B/2A3/2 A2||

# Posted on April 1st 2003 by skerries

The "less than" sign

It looks like if you use the "less than" sign in the comments section then it deletes everything following. I wonder if that's because the comments may be converted to html or java code at some stage, and the "less than" sign (and the "greater than" sign for that matter) is used functionally in html and java. Perhaps Jeremy could confirm or otherwise.

# Posted on April 2nd 2003 by lazyhound

Mind the triplets

to skerries. triplets are (3, not 3(
...and it: 3 can be a cowboy

X: 1
T: Captain Campbell
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland
K: Amin
EAAB c2BA|GBdc B/2G3/2GD| EAAB cBce |3(dcB) gB B/2A3/2 A2:|
Aaag abge|dBgd BAGB|Aaag abge|dBgB B/2A3/2AG|
Aaag abge|dBgd BAGB |A^GAB cBcd|3(efg) dg B/2A3/2 A2||

# Posted on January 27th 2005 by fer

"Captain Campbell"

Submitted three times on April 1st 2003 by skerries.
(No comment about April Fool's Day folks!)
A change has happened that now we can now use the less than symbol in our ABC's in this yellow space. Here's skerries notes with that and the usual swing of a highland:

T: Captain Campbell
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: Amin
|: E>AA>B c2 B>A | G>Bd>c B<GG>D |
E>AA>B c>Bc>e | (3dcB g>B B<A A2 :|
A>aa>g a>bg>e | d>Bg>d B>AG>B |
1 A>aa>g a>bg>e | dBgB B<AA>G :|
2 A>^GA>B c>Bc>d | (3efg d>g B<A A2 ||

# Posted on October 18th 2006 by ceolachan

Oops! ~

K: Amin
|: E>AA>B c2 B>A | G>Bd>c B<GG>D |
E>AA>B c>Bc>e | (3dcB g>B B<A A2 :|
|: A>aa>g a>bg>e | d>Bg>d B>AG>B |
1 A>aa>g a>bg>e | dBgB B<AA>G :|
2 A>^GA>B c>Bc>d | (3efg d>g B<A A2 ||

# Posted on October 18th 2006 by ceolachan

K: Amin
|: E>AA>B c2 B>A | G>Bd>c B<GG>D |
E>AA>B c>Bc>e | (3dcB g>B B<A A2 :|
|: A>aa>g a>bg>e | d>Bg>d B>AG>B |
1 A>aa>g a>bg>e | d>Bg>B B<AA>G :|
2 A>^GA>B c>Bc>d | (3efg d>g B<A A2 ||

Dotty?! ~ Problems on this end with my cut-and-paste, weird! I'll return with another version if I can find the recording I've in mind, or filtered through my madness. Hey, skerries had three takes and now so have I. It's a great tune...

# Posted on October 18th 2006 by ceolachan

"Captain Campbell" ~ a bit of history on the side

"The Athole Collection" ~ James Stewart-Robertson, 1884

K:Aminor
|: A |
E<AA>B c>AB<G | E<GG>A B>d c/B/A/G/ |
E<AA>B c>Bc>e | d<Bg>B A2 A :|
|: B |
A<aa>g e>dc<e | d>eg>e d/c/B/A/ G>B |
1 A>aa<g e>dc<e | d<Bg>B A2 A :|
2 c<Ad>B e>dc<e | d<Bg>B A2 A ||

# Posted on October 18th 2006 by ceolachan

Here's another version, no huge differences but some odd points:

K:A Minor
|: G |
E<AA>B c>AB>G | D<GG>A B>d c/B/A/G/ |
E<AA>B c>Bc>g | d<Bg>B A2-A :|
|: G |
A<aa>g e>dc<g | e>dc>e d/c/B/A/ G>e |
1 A<aa>g e>dc<g | d<Bg>B A2-A :|
2 A<aa>A d>dc<e | d<Bg>B A2-A ||
d<Bg>B A2-A ||

# Posted on October 18th 2006 by ceolachan

"Captain Campbell" ~ Cape Breton notes

K:a minor
|: A>G |
E<AA>B c>AB<G | D<GG>A B>d c/B/A/G/ |
E<AA>B c>Bc<e | d<Bg<B A2 :|
|: A>B |
A<aa>g e>dc<e | d>eg>e d/c/B/A/ G>B |
1 A<aa>g e>dc<e | d<Bg<B A2 :|
2 c<Ad>B e>dc<e | d<Bg>B A2 ||

# Posted on October 18th 2006 by ceolachan

"Captain Campbell" ~ a Scottish transcription

K: a minor
|: A>A |
E<AA>B c>AB>G | D<GG>A B>d c/B/A/G/ |
E<AA>B c>Bc<e | d<Bg<B A2 :|
|: A>B |
A<aa>g e>dc<e | d>eg>e d/c/B/A/ G>B |
1 A<aa>g e>dc<e | d<Bg<B A<A :|
2 c<Ad<B e>dc<e | d<Bg<B A2 ||

# Posted on October 18th 2006 by ceolachan

"Captain Campbell" ~ yet again

K: a minor
|: E<AA>B c2 B<A | D<GG>A B2 c/B/A/G/ |
E<AA>B c>Bc<e | d<Bg<B A2 A2 :|
|: A<aa>g e2 c<e | d>eg>e d/c/B/A/ G2 |
1 A<aa>g e>dc<e | d<Bg<B A2 A2 :|
2 c<Ad<B e>dc<e | d<Bg<B A2 A2 ||

# Posted on October 18th 2006 by ceolachan