Key signature: Edorian
Submitted on May 29th 2005 by rosincloud.
This tune has been added to 17 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Donald McLennan's Exercise
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Edor
"Bm"Bff "D"f/2g/4f/4ef"Bm"fBB|"D"dff"A"^cee "A"ecA|
"Bm"Bff "D"f/2g/4f/4ef"Bm"fBB|"Em"gee"D"fdd "A"e^cA:|
"D"dff "D"afa"D"aff|"D"dff"D"afd "A"^cee|
"D"dff "D"a2f"D"aff|"Em"gfe"D"fed "A"^cee:|
"D"dag "D"fag"Bm"fB^c|"D"dag"D"fdf "A"eA^c|
"D"dag "D"fag"Bm"fB^c|"D"dad"F#m"^caf "A"eA^c:|
"D"dfe "A"efe"Bm"fB^c|"D"dfd"F#m"^caf "A"eA^c|
"D"dfe "A"efe"Bm"fB^c|"D"dad"F#m"^caf "A"eA^c:|
"D"dfa "D"fda"D"f/2g/4f/4ef|"D"dfa"D"fda "D"f2e|
"D"dfa "D"fda"D"f/2g/4f/4ef|"Em"geg"D"fdf "A"e/2f/2e2:|
"D"dfd "A"ede"D"~f3|"D"dfd"D"edf "A"e3|
"D"dfd "A"ede"D"fef|"Em"geg"D"fdf "A"e/2f/2e2:|
Donald McLellan's Exercise
Not to be confused with Donald McLellan's tuning phrase. The six part 'Exercise' can be heard on 'Dance of the Celts' (Narada Collection ND-63932: 1997) preceeded by 'The £5 Flute - played by 'Old Blind Dogs'
Rosincloud
# Posted on May 29th 2005 by rosincloud
Great tune.We recorded this in 1984 when I was in a band called Nessie,with Hugo Aerts doing the honours on the pipes.
# Posted on May 29th 2005 by dafydd
From the phrasing and bar nos it looks like it's supposed to be a slip jig in 9/8.
# Posted on May 29th 2005 by Dow
It certainly plays like a slip jig. So if it looks like one and acts like one does that make it one, or is that the actual "exercise".
# Posted on May 30th 2005 by Donough
It's a jig,and it was written by a piper ,whos name escapes me,as an exercise for Donald McLennan so that he could practise some grips that he was having trouble with,at least that's what Hugo told me.
# Posted on June 1st 2005 by dafydd
Of course it's a slip jig! Who ever heard of a jig with 6 bar phrases?!
6 x 2 = 12, 12 /3 = 4
Each 6 bar repeated phrase of 6/8 translates to 4 bars of 9/8 and the phrasing is perfect, e.g.:
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
Bff f/2g/4f/4ef fBB|dff ^cee ecA|
Bff f/2g/4f/4ef fBB|gee fdd e^cA:|
etc.
# Posted on June 1st 2005 by FyfferGuy
9/8
A few years ago, a collection of the compositions of G.S.McLennan was published, called “The Cairngorm” Collection. The final tune in the book is “Donald McLennan’s Exercise”, so it is a G.S.McLennan composition, and is indeed in 9/8 time. Well spotted, the lads down under !
# Posted on June 8th 2005 by Kenny
9/8 & E Dorian ~
All those c#s (^c) are telling...
# Posted on December 19th 2005 by ceolachan
~ or B minor
~ to start with, the chords and also the working of the melody around the Bs and returning to them...
# Posted on December 19th 2005 by ceolachan
For me, now playing it as 9/8, which would have been a good start except the baring was throwing me, or I was, being irritated by it, I find it resolves on the B and would call it B minor...
# Posted on December 19th 2005 by ceolachan
"Donald McLennan's Exercise" ~ simplified
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: b minor
|: Bff fef fBB | dff cee ecA |
Bff f2 e fBB | gee fdd ecA :|
|: dff afa aff | dff afd cee |
dff a2 f aff | gfe fed cee :|
|: dag fag fBc | dag fdf eAc |
dag f2 g fBc | dad caf eAc :|
|: dfe efe fBc | dfd caf eAc |
dfe e2 e fBc | dad caf eAc :|
|: dfa fda fef | dfa fda f2 e |
dfa f2 a fge | geg fdf e3 :|
|: dfd ede f3 | dfd edf e3 |
dfd e2 e fef | geg f2 f ecA :|
B3- B3- B3 ||
# Posted on December 19th 2005 by ceolachan
Slip Jig it is!
Sorry folks . . . haven't logged in for 6 months - Never gave 9/8 a thought - and the analysis can't really be argued with. (hoping the sheet music version updates at some point?) . . . I'll check back later.
Cheers
# Posted on December 19th 2005 by rosincloud