Lochnagar

strathspey

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on October 16th 2006 by martin clarke.

This tune has been added to 18 tunebooks.

Also known as Dark Loch Na Gar.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Tribute To Dan R. MacDonald: The Heather Hill Collection by Various Artists
• Down The Back Lane by Chulrua
• Laments And Merry Melodies From Cape Breton Island by Theresa Morrison
• The Fine Art Of Piping by Liam O'Flynn
• The Limestone Rock by Micho Russell
• Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal by Frank Cassidy

X: 1
T: Lochnagar
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Dmaj
|: A>F|D2D>F A2A>B|d>ef>e e<dd>B|A>Bd>B A<FF>D|E>DE>F E2A>F|
D2D>F A2A>B|d>ef>e e<dd>B|A>Bd>B A<FF>D|E>DE>F D2:|
|: A2|d2f>e e<dd>A|B2d>B A<FF>G|A<F F/ED/ D<dd>B|A<FF>D E2f>g|
a>g f/e/d/c/ e<dd>A|Bg/f/ e/d/c/B/ A2F>G|A2B>A (3ABd a>g|f2e>d d2:|

Lochnagar

This tune is a Schottische, and so is played a little faster than a Strathspey.

# Posted on October 16th 2006 by martin clarke

Dark Lochnagar

This is the waltz Dark Lochnagar, very clevery crafted into 4/4.
I like it.

# Posted on October 17th 2006 by geoffwright

Dark Lochnagar

Is it plausable that the waltz is dereived from the Schottische, rather than the other way round?

# Posted on October 18th 2006 by martin clarke

Lochnagar - did you know........?

.........that Lochnagar is not a loch at all, but rather a mountain (in fact at 1155m, it is a 'munro'), lying in the Cairngorms between Braemar and Aberdeen in Scotland .

Prince Charles wrote a very good children's book called 'The Old Man of Lochnagar' (the mountain is near the royal family's residence at Balmoral Castle)

There is also a very fine malt whisky called Royal Lochnagar

Anyway, enough! What a fine tune!

# Posted on October 18th 2006 by domnull

Yes! my first experience of Scottish mountaineering (at least, under my own steam rather than on my dad's back) was up Lochnagar, when I was about 4. It was in the middle of summer and was absolutely freezing!

# Posted on October 18th 2006 by martin clarke

Strathspey?

As Dark Lochnagar is a song, I suspect the tune comes from the waltz - the strathspey would be a sod to sing.
The song is pretty widely sung in Scotland but I have never heard this "variation" before.

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by geoffwright

Yesterday I was leafing through a Scottish songbook and came across the song Lochnagar (or Dark Lochnagar) written to strathspey rhythm.

# Posted on September 1st 2008 by martin clarke