The Hurricane

reel

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on April 5th 2005 by jackw_32.

This tune has been added to 68 tunebooks.

Also known as Skinner's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Cape Breton Fiddle Music Not Calm by Howie MacDonald And Ashley MacIsaac
• Coppers And Brass by Dick Gaughan
• Explosive Fiddlers by The Explosive Fiddlers
• Fiddle Music 101 by Ashley And Dave MacIsaac
• In My Hands by Natalie MacMaster
• Live-Disc 1 by Natalie MacMaster
• Michelle O Brien, Aogan Lynch And Gavin Ralston by Michelle O Brien, Aogan Lynch And Gavin Ralston
• Out Of Court by Maire Ni Chathasaigh And Chris Newman
• Sans Relache by Dominique Dupuis
• Scottish Inheritance by Bonnie Rideout
• Tall Tails by Old Blind Dogs
• The Call by Rebecca Lomnicky
• The Hurricane by Donagh Hennessy And Mark Crickard
• There's A Buzz by Battlefield Band
• Wired Up by Alistair McCulloch
• With Silver And All by Jenna Reid

X: 1
T: Hurricane, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
d|:cABG A2ED|CEAc BB,B,d|cABG Aaga|1(3fga ed cAAd:|2(3fga ed cAAa||
|:gaea cAAa|gaea fBBa|gaea ABcd|1(3edc dB cAAa:|2(3edc dB cAAe||
ac'e'c' aecA|GBEB GBEe|ac'e'c' aecA|defg aAAe|
ac'e'c' aecA|GBEB GBEd|cABG Aaga|(3fga ed cAA2|
|:cfaf cfaf|efge Bege|fgaf cfaf|gbeg affc|
fgaf cfaf|efge Bege|aefd ceaf|1ecdB cAAB:|2ecdB cAAd||

Origins

I learnt this tune from the playing of Natalie MacMaster, on disk 1 of her 'Live' Cd. Please Post the composer's name if you know it!

# Posted on April 5th 2005 by jackw_32

Typical Scott Skinner tune?

# Posted on April 5th 2005 by slainte

The Hurricane

Yes, it's a Skinner tune.

# Posted on April 5th 2005 by Ron P

One of MG's favourites.

# Posted on April 5th 2005 by Johannes J

The Hurricane

Thankyou, I didn't know who it was composed by

# Posted on April 6th 2005 by jackw_32

This is a great Skinner tune....check out this link!
For the original manuscript
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/display.php?ID=JSS0087

# Posted on April 10th 2005 by Tim_Fiddler

The Hurricane

This always goes down a storm!

# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd

C section

I've heard/used slightly different notes in the C/D section many times.
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
e | a c' e' c' a e c A | G A FAa G b b e | a c' e' c' a e c A | d e f g a A A e | a c' e' c' a e c A | G A F A G b b e d| c2/3 b2/3 A2/3 b2/3 A2/3 G2/3 A a g f | e d c b c a a

I'm far too lazy to ABCiate the D section, see http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/display.php?ID=JSS0087

# Posted on January 28th 2007 by cowsrhot

"The Hurricane Reel" ~ Scott Skinner

R: reel
K: A Major
|| D.C. (Da Coda ~ "repeat 1st strain")
P: C
e |
ac'e'c' aecA | GAEA GBBg | ac'e'c' aecA | defg aAAe |
ac'e'c' aecA | GAEA GBBd | (3cBA (3BAG A.a.g.f. | ecdB cAA || D.C.
P: D
c |
fgaf ^efcf | efge ^deBe | fgaf ^efcf | gabg affc |
fgaf ^efcf | efge ^deBe | aefd ceAa | ecdB cAA || D.C.

# Posted on January 29th 2007 by ceolachan

Recordings

Colyn Fischer recorded it on his first album. It's on track 2.

# Posted on August 24th 2007 by cowsrhot

Play in G on Flute

Anyone tried playing this in G on the flute? A is Ok, but in G it fits the scale of the (keyless) flute a bit better. No one around here plays it anyway, so the problem of playing it with others probably won't arise. Although I suppose I should learn it in both keys - it's not the sort of tune I can transpose on the fly.

In G, I get to use my nice low D a bit more, and don't have to go over the high D - which is already one tone more than most of my session companions like to play up to.

# Posted on October 13th 2007 by Crackpot