Key signature: Gminor
Submitted on September 21st 2004 by Kerri Brown.
This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.
Also known as Captain's Pledge, The Captain's Pledge, Captains Pledge.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: George I. Taylor
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Gmin
B<dB>A G>AB<G|F>fc>A F>Ac<A|B>dB<G c>=Bc<e|(3dcB (3cBA B<G G2 |
B<dB>A G>AB<G|F>f=e<g f>cA<F|B>dB<G c>=Bc<e|(3dcB (3cBA B<G G>f||
{f}g2 d2 {f}g2 ba/4g/4f/4=e/4| f<ac>a f>ga<f|{f}g2 d2 g2 ba/4g/4f/4=e/4 | f<c d (3c/2B/2A/2 B<G G2|
g2 G>B d>g (3gab | a2 F>A c>f (3fga| B2 (3Bcd c<A (3ABc | (3BAG (3AG_G =G4|]
George I. Taylor
Another tune I was inspired to learn after hearing Gilles Losier play it at the session. A little birdie told me he had a Leahy album with this tune on it, so I borrowed it, and voila. They say they picked up the tune from Jean Carignan and Denis Lanctot.
This is the first time I've tried to notate (or learn) a strathspey. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
# Posted on September 21st 2004 by Kerri Brown
George I. Taylor
I also enjoy listening to the song on the Leahy CD. This song will be my first attempt at a strathspey also. Any hints are definitely welcome.
# Posted on February 9th 2006 by lorilynn
George I. Taylor
This tune was composed in 1931 by J Murdoch Henderson after an Aberdeen fiddler. He was a left-handed fiddler who played his fiddle tuned normally (i.e. not strung left-handed). JMH said "his interpretation of strathspeys in the minor mode is particularly fine."
George Taylor's father was also a left-handed fiddler celebrated by James Scott Skinner in his tune "The Left-Handed Fiddler" http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4661
# Posted on February 11th 2006 by nigelg