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Lord Gordon's

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on June 23rd 2003 by dirk van damme.

This tune has been added to 128 tunebooks.

Also known as An Tiarna Gordon, Lord Gordon, Lord Gordons.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Lord Gordon's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
ADFD A,DFB|ADFD FAdc|BE~E2 cE~E2|BE~E2 BAFA|
dcdf ecdB|AFdF A2Bc|cBBA BFAF|1 EFGA BcdB:|2 EFGA Bcde||
|:f2df afdf|afdf a2gf|efga bgec|dcBA ^GABc|
df~f2 ecdB|AFdF A2Bc|cBBA BFAF|EFGA Bcde:|
|:fa~a2 fdad|fa~a2 fdad|gb~b2 gebe|gb~b2 gebe|
fgfe dcdA|BAGB ABdf|afec dBAF|1 EFGA Bcde:|2 EFGA BcdB||
|:Addc defd|Addc defd|eggf ~g3f|eggf gage|
fgfe dcdB|BAGB ABdf|afec dBAF|1 EFGA BcdB:|2 EFGA Bcde||
|:faa^g afde|faa^g a2=gf|gbef gbef|gbeg bgef|
g2bg fgaf|fedB ABdf|afec dBAF|1 EFGA Bcde:|2 EFGA BcdB||
"Variations:"
|:ADFD A,DFB|ADFD FAdc|BE~E2 cE~E2|BE~E2 BAFA|
~d3f ecdB|AFDF A2Bc|dBcA BGAF|1 EFGA BcdB:|2 EFGA Bcde||
|:f2df afdf|f2df afdf|efga bgec|dcBA FABc|
d2fd ecdB|AFDF A2Bc|dBcA BGAF|EFGA Bcde:|
|:fa~a2 fdad|fa~a2 fdad|gb~b2 gebe|gb~b2 gebe|
~f3e dedB|BA^GB ABdf|afec dBAF|1 EFGA Bcde:|2 EFGA BcdB||
Ad~d2 defd|Ad~d2 defd|eggf ~g3f|eggf gage|
fgfe dcdB|BA^GB ABdf|afec dBAF|EFGA BcdB|
Adcd fdcd|Adcd fdcd|egfg bg~g2|egfg bgeg|
fgfe dcdB|BA^GB ABdf|afec dBAF|EFGA Bcde||
|:fa~a2 afde|faa^g a2=gf|gbef gbef|gbeg bgef|
g2bg fgaf|gedB ABdf|afec dBAF|1 EFGA Bcde:|2 EFGA BcdB||

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Lord Gordon's sheetmusic
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Wow, you must have laboured for *days* on this one. Jeremy should feel honoured.

# Posted on June 23rd 2003 by Dow

wow---looong tune!

# Posted on September 17th 2005 by CELTICCHEF83

Show-off piece!

The most recent recording on which this tune can be heard is probably Peter Horan and Gerry Harrington's "Fortune Favours The Merry." The sleeve notes says it derives from a strathspey called "The Duke of Gordon": http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2814

# Posted on September 18th 2005 by slainte

GREAT recording on Ciaran Tourish's "Down The Line"

Ciaran's recording of this is alone worth the price of the CD (and there are many other great tracks on it as well).....

# Posted on October 7th 2005 by dlowder

My favourite version of this is by Matt Cranitch on the Na Fili album A Kindly Welcome: solo fiddle, tons of reverb, simply sublime!

# Posted on November 6th 2005 by Gords

Recordings

hi iv bin tyryin to download a recording of this from somewhere but i cant find any of the ones you have said
can you suggest any other musicians that have recorded this tune??
thank u
xx
louisianna

# Posted on March 10th 2006 by lacylu11

Guiter chords

also (another thingi no) would anyone be able to help wih wich guitar chords are needed?

# Posted on March 10th 2006 by lacylu11

Sorted - for 79p......

Kevin Burke opens "Up Close" with "Lord Gordon's". Available here, for the princely sum of £0.79.

http://www.tradtunes.com/

# Posted on March 10th 2006 by Kenny

Recordings

anyone know of any box players who play this??


and thanks kenny i downloaded the whole kevin burke album...well worth it i recon

# Posted on March 12th 2006 by lacylu11

Mairtin.............

http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1056

# Posted on March 12th 2006 by Kenny

Lord Gordon's Reel

Kathryn Tickell plays this on fiddle on her second album "Borderlands", which may or may not still be available.

# Posted on November 4th 2006 by nicholas

Scottish?

Someone told me this originally a scottish tune, does anyone know if that's true or not?

# Posted on October 4th 2007 by Blake

Some tunes are just worth it. This one is definitely worth it!!

# Posted on March 27th 2008 by galway-fiddle

HHAa!

Widely described as a piping tune, how much sweeter in the hands of a fiddler (the likes of Kevin Burke)!

# Posted on February 17th 2009 by birlibirdie

The Duke of Gordon's Birthday

www.myspace.com/iainmacdonald

Version by Iain MacDonald & Iain MacFarlane - click on "The Duke of Gordon's Birthday"

# Posted on February 17th 2009 by No Cause For Alarm

Piping tune ...?

Who describes it as a "piping" tune ? Relatively few recordings of it on pipes compared to fiddle, I would have thought. Incidentally, my favourite version would be by Conal O'Grada on Colm Murphy's "An Bodhran" CD.

# Posted on February 17th 2009 by Kenny

I got that impression from pipers comments on it, + it features in some tutorbooks as a pipering classic...
But I think that unique low A in the first bar -and the mellifluous accidentals- lend the whole tune a depth the pipes can't match. Though a piper myself, I'll bow to that!
I haven't heard formal recordings of it on the pipes, or they didn't leave the same impression of utter bliss...
Does any one know the earliest reference for that tune or the name of the composer?

# Posted on February 23rd 2009 by birlibirdie

Seamus Ennis's playing of the 2-part version of the tune can be found on this page: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/music/index.html A similar 2-part version has been recorded by E. Galway musicians.

# Posted on February 24th 2009 by slainte

Lord Gordon's

Great version on the fiddle by Johnny Canning from Glasgow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Pb-ZAWoZk

# Posted on June 6th 2009 by No Cause For Alarm

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