Loch Earn

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on September 15th 2005 by slainte.

This tune has been added to 25 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Highland Fiddler by Duncan Chisholm, Iain MacFarlane And Bruce MacGregor
• Best Of Irish Fiddle by Florie Brown
• Double-Barrelled by Kieran O'Hare And John Skelton
• Even Now (The Music Of Niel Gow) by Pete Clark
• Strict Tempo: Scottish Country Dance Music From The 1950's, Volume 1 by Adam Rennie And His Scottish Country Dance Quartet
• The Dances Down Home by Joe Cormier
• The Dusky Meadow by Donald MacLellan With Doug MacPhee

X: 1
T: Loch Earn
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
g2dB GABG|E2AG FDDf|g2dB GABG|EAFD ~G3z:|
efge fgaf|gfeg fdd2|efge fgaf|gfed ~g3f|
g2ge dBGB|cABG AGEF|G2BG EGBe|dBAB G3z||

Loch Earn (reel)

I learned this Scots reel from a generously long sample clip of Kieran O'Hare and John Skelton's flute duet playing, which is available on the net. I actually recorded the complete set from a radio programme some months ago, but it seems I deleted it by mistake. Nice to find the clip anyway. A bit of research shows it's attributed to Neil Gow. A simple yet effective tune!

P.S. I might have posted this as a jig by mistake. Thanks Jeremy for correcting the files.

# Posted on September 15th 2005 by slainte

the tune is actually by Nathaniel Gow (though was early on incorrectly credited to his father, Neil Gow- see the Skye Collection p94) coming from his 2nd collection of 1788. The Loch Earn in question is in Perthshire.

# Posted on September 15th 2005 by prouse