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The Glencoe March

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on October 1st 2006 by fiddlingcaper.

This tune has been added to 34 tunebooks.

Also known as Glencoe, Glencoe Bridge March, The Glencoe Bridge March, Glencoe March, The Glencoe Schottische, The Glencoe.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Glencoe March, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
F>G | A2 d2 F2 d2 | A>FA<d f2 fg/a/ | g3 e c>AB>c | d>cd>B A2F>G |
A2 d2 F2 d2 | A>FA<d f2 fg/a/ | g3 e c>AB>c | d2 d>c d2 :|f>g |
a2 a>g f>df<a | g2 g>e c>Ac<e | d>cd<e f>ef<a | g>fg<b a2f>g |
a2 a>g f>df<a | g2 g>e c>Ac<e | d>cd>f e<ac<e | d2 d>c d2f>g |
a2 a>g f>df<a | g2 g>e c>Ac<e | d>cd<e f>ef<a | g>fg<b a2f>g |
a/g/f g>e f>de<c | d>BA>F D>FA<d | B>GB<d c>Ac<e | d2 d>c d2 |]

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The Glencoe March sheetmusic
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noticed this tune requested and found the abc format so submitted it. A lovely march in the repetoire of many fiddlers from Cape Breton (home) and composed by the great Dan R. MacDonald.

# Posted on October 1st 2006 by fiddlingcaper

Glencoe

March ? Don't the snaps make it a schottische or even a strathspey?
Noel

# Posted on October 2nd 2006 by noelbats

Suggested partner

I always play it along with this tune

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2971

which used to be the theme tune for The McFlannells on the Scottish Home Service. It was later recorded by Altan so that makes it "cool" again :-)

Yes, it's a bit more of Scottishe sound, I suppose.

# Posted on October 2nd 2006 by Johannes J

Glencoe

It's classified as a march in The Trip to Windsor Collection: The Music of Dan R. MacDonald, vol. 2, compiled and edited by John Donald Cameron. There it's given in 2/4 time.

# Posted on October 2nd 2006 by GaryAMartin

Good tune - I would use this for a Canadian Barn Dance (I would agree it probably should be written as a 2/4 march).

Personally, I wouldn't use it as a schottische, but slowed down, it could certainly be used for a strathspey.

# Posted on October 2nd 2006 by geoffwright

"Glencoe" / "The Glencoe Village Hall" / "The Glencoe March" ~ giving credit

X: 408
T: Glencoe Village Hall
T: Glencoe March, The
C: Dan R MacDonald
D: Aly Bain/Phil Cunningham: The Ruby
Z: Nigel Gatherer

This transcript was ripped off of the Internet, as happens, without crediting the source, one of our members good works, Nigel Gatherer ~ and note-for-note...

Yes Noel, it makes a great schottische... I'll add another transcript later...

# Posted on May 17th 2007 by ceolachan

"Glencoe" / "The Glencoe Village Hall" / "The Glencoe March"

X: 1
T: Glencoe
T: The Glencoe Village Hall
T: The Glencoe March
S: Buddy MacMaster
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D Major
|: F>G |
A2 d2 F2 d2 | A>FA<d f3 a | g3 e c>Ac<e | d>cd>B A2 F<G |
A2 d2 F2 d2 | A>FA<d f3 a | g3 e c>Ac<e | d4 d2 :|
|: f<g |
a3 g f>df<a | g3 e c>Ac<e | d>cd>e f>ef<a | g>fg<b a2 f<g |
[1 a3 g f>df<a | g3 e c>Ac<e | d>cd>f e<a-a>c | d4 d2 :|
[2 (3agf g>e f>de<c | d>BA>F D>FA<d | B>GB<d c>Ac<e | d4 d2 |]

# Posted on May 17th 2007 by ceolachan

X: 2
T: Glencoe
T: The Glencoe Village Hall
T: The Glencoe March
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D Major
|: (3EFG |
A2 d2 F2 d2 | A>FA<d f3 a | g2 g>e c>Ac<e | d>cd>B A>GF<G |
A2 (3ddd F2 (3ddd | A>FA<d f3 a | g>f (3gfe c>Ac<e | (3ded d>c d2 :|
|: (3efg |
a>ba>g f>df<a | g2 g>e c2 c<e | d>cd>e f>ef<a | g>fg<b (3aba f<g |
[1 a2 a>g f2 f<a | g>ag>e c>Ac<e | d2 (3def e<ac<e | d2 d>c d2 :|
[2 (3agf g>e (3fed e<c | d>BA>F D2 F<d | B>G (3Bcd c>Ac<e | d2 (3ddd d2 |]

# Posted on May 18th 2007 by ceolachan

"The Glencoe Hall" " The Glencoe Village Hall" ~ correction

While these names have been associated with this tune, they are more rightly assigned to a jig by the same hand ~ Dan R's...

# Posted on May 18th 2007 by ceolachan

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