Miss Sarah McFadyen

jig

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on January 6th 2004 by MichaelBolton.

This tune has been added to 31 tunebooks.

Also known as Miss Sarah MacFadyen, Miss Sarah MacFayden, Miss Sarah McFayden.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Celtic Collections, Vol. 5 - Fiddles Of Scotland by Various Artists
• Epona by The Tannahill Weavers
• Last Orders by Liz Doherty
• The Watch Stone by Jennifer And Hazel Wrigley
• Tony McManus by Tony McManus
• With Complements by Patsy Reid

X: 1
T: Miss Sarah McFadyen
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amaj
A2 B |: cAF EAc | d~d~d egb | age d2B | cde dcB | cAF EAc |
d~d~d egb | age dBe |1 ABA A2B :|2 ABA A2 e||
|: f2 a ecA | BAB cAE | C2E F2A | dcd Bce |
fga ecA |BAa ecA | C2E F2A |1 GFG A2 e :|2 GFG A3 ||

I LOVE this tune

I heard this tune, by Jennifer Wright, on a recording by an Ottawa ceili band called the Old Sod Band, which features (among others) Dan Schreyer and Ian Bell. (Ian plays guitar with Pierre Schreyer, and Dan was, with Pierre, one of the Schreyer triplets.) The Old Sod Band plays it with lots of swing, and minor chords substituted for their relative majors in the B section, rather like this:

F#m | C#m | Bm | E E+F | F#m | C#m | D | E A |

Enjoy!

---Michael B.

# Posted on January 6th 2004 by MichaelBolton

Jennifer Wrigley

Hi Michael

Yep, it's a great tune. But it's written by Jennifer WRIGLEY, not Wright. And she's a fellow Orcadian.

Cheers,
Kenny.

# Posted on January 6th 2004 by fiddleitch

Jennifer Wrigley is a fantastic fiddler from Orkney, who once won the BBC Young Tradition Award. I got a copy of the sheet music of this lovely jig from a tunebook for the Scottish fiddle, but it is a very whistle-unfriendly tune like many of Jennifer's compositions.

You will hear it played by the composer herself in the sisters' "Watch Stone" album. She plays another great jig after it.

Some other compositions of Jennifer are on this site:
http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/805
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2077

# Posted on January 6th 2004 by slainte

Miss Sarah McFadyen was a pupil of Jennifer's and is now an excellent fiddler in her own right. She is very active on the Edinburgh scene and plays with the band Harem Scarem amongst other projects. Check out their website
http://www.haremscarem.co.uk/

John

# Posted on January 6th 2004 by Johannes J

Looking for Ms. Wright

My brain said Wrigley, but my fingers said Wright. And Wrongly. Wrigley it is. Apologies to all.

---Michael B.

# Posted on January 7th 2004 by MichaelBolton