Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on August 11th 2003 by gian marco.
This tune has been added to 74 tunebooks.
Also known as Kenny Gillies Of Portnalong, Kenny Gillies Of Portnalong, Skye.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Kenny Gilles Of Portnalong
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amaj
|:e|AAA e2c|efa f2e|faa AAA|fec cBB|
AAA e2c|efa f2e|eff fec|BAA A2:|
|:e|a3 AAA|cea fee|faa AAA|fec cBB|
[1a3 AAA|cea f2e|eff fec|BAA A2:|
[2AAA e2c|efa f2e|eff fec|BAA A2||
|:e|AAA cBc|AeA fee|faa AAA|fec cBB|
AAA cBc|AeA fee|eff fec|BAA A2:|
|:f|c2e aga|Ace fee|faa AAA|fec cBB|
[1c2e aga|Ace fee|faa fec|BAA A2:|
[2AAA cBc|AeA fee|eff fec|BAA A2||
Scottish tune.
# Posted on August 11th 2003 by gian marco
Kenny Gilles Of Portnalong Source?
sounds like the Tannahill weavers, but you might know better...
# Posted on August 11th 2003 by swisspiper
Kenny Gilles of Portnalong Source
The source of this tune is a book.
"Ceol Na Fidhle - Highlands Tunes for the Fiddle" - Volume 4.
# Posted on August 12th 2003 by gian marco
Kenny Gilles....
That book reprorts P.MacFarquhar as the composer of the jig.
# Posted on August 12th 2003 by gian marco
Popularity
This tune is very popular in the Western Isles of Scotland.
# Posted on December 19th 2005 by roryt
Great tune
this tune is a true classic, features in all my strip the willows!
# Posted on May 23rd 2008 by The Slaternator
Uses the Major pentatonic mode (no 4th no 7th). Just what a trump player needs!
# Posted on April 12th 2010 by birlibirdie