Key signature: Aminor
Submitted on October 19th 2006 by McMandolin.
This tune has been added to 16 tunebooks.
Also known as Lord Balgonie's Favorite, Lord Balgonie's Favourite.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Gloomy Winter
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Amin
|:E<A A>B AG E2| c<c c<e dc B>G |c<c e>B AG EC|DE/2F/2 E>^G A>A, A,B,:|
C2 C<E D>C B,>D| C>B, A,>C B,>E E2|c2 c<e d>c Bc/2d/2|c>A BG A2 A>B|
c2 gc Bc d>G| c>B (3ABc B<e e>d|E>G A/2G/2E/2D/2 EA Bc/2d/2|c>A BG A2 Az|
Gloomy Winter
A thread on the discussion board reminded me of this old Scottish Slow air. It is also called Lord Balgonie's Favorite.
# Posted on October 19th 2006 by McMandolin
Wouldn't it be better categorised as a strathspey than a reel? There's a large body of tunes in the Scottish fiddle repertoire called, 'slow strathspeys', which, while having the rhythmic structure of a strathspey, are played at slow tempo and more-or-less rubato.
# Posted on October 20th 2006 by granama
Yes Spoon I think I should have done that. Maybe I still can.
# Posted on October 20th 2006 by McMandolin
Also used in the movie the piano and often played by Ben the Hoose.
# Posted on October 27th 2007 by Joze