Key signature: Aminor
Submitted on February 19th 2007 by jkurnick.
This tune has been added to 85 tunebooks.
Also known as Cave, Cuilfhionn, Fingal's Cave March, Fingal's Weeping, Fingals Cave, Gul Fhin.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Fingal's Cave
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Amin
E<G|A4 B>A G<A|B2 A2 A2 e>d|B2 A<G e2 d<B|d2 G2 G2 E<G|
A4 B>A G<A|B2 A2 A2 e>d|B2 A<G e2 d<B|e2 A2 A2 :|
B<d|e2 d<e g2 e<g|a2 e<a g4|e2 d<e g2 ^f<g|e>d B<A G2 B<d|
e2 d<e g2 e<g|a2 e<a g4|g>e ^f<d g>e d<B|e2 A2 A2 B<d|
e2 d<e g2 e<g|a2 e<a g4|e2 d<e g2 ^f<g|e>d B<A G>A B<G|
c2 B<c d2 c<d|e2 d<e a4|g>e ^f<d g>e d<B|e2 A2 A2||
Bars don't add up on this one. You need to replace all the slash signs with left arrows <.
# Posted on February 19th 2007 by Dr. Dow
Fingal's Cave
This is the Fingal's Cave that I know - its a march and they Cape Breton folks play it a lot. Sorry but I didn't see march as an option in the abc converter. Could that be something added? I figured Strathspey was as close as I could get. Not the same as the tune Fingal's Cave that is entered at this site previously. This is the one that I know and this is the common name in my circles. Lots of tune names morph as they cross the pond though. - Janet
# Posted on February 19th 2007 by jkurnick
Fingal's Cave
I hope this is fixed correctly. I don't have the abc thing down.
# Posted on February 19th 2007 by jkurnick
Yes it's ok now. When Jeremy does the sheetmusic it will display properly.
# Posted on February 19th 2007 by Dr. Dow
If you wanted to, you could take all the ^ signs out, and make the key signature Ador instead of Amin, since all your Fs are sharp. I'm just being picky now though.
# Posted on February 19th 2007 by Dr. Dow
John and Phil Cunnungham played it on their joint album "Against The Storm". Great tune.
# Posted on February 19th 2007 by nicholas
I meant, Cunningham.
# Posted on February 19th 2007 by nicholas
"Fingal's Cave" ~ it would be good to credit your cut-and-paste
The weird nature of the original ABC's were telling enough, the transcript was cut-and-pasted from other sources that were obviously doing the same:
N:Posted to the woodenflute mailing list May 2002
Z: Rosin_the_bow
Z:William Porter
& ~ getting the Key & '>' & '<' right...
N: Posted to the woodenflute mailing list May 2002
Z: Gordon Turnbull
K: A Dorian
|: E<G |
A4 B>A G<A | B2 A2 A2 e>d | B2 A>G e2 d<B | d2 G2 G2 E<G |
A4 B>A G<A | B2 A2 A2 e>d | B2 A>G e2 d<B | e2 A2 A2 :|
|: B<d |
e2 d<e g2 e<g | a2 e<a g4 | e2 d<e g2 f<g |
[1 e>dB<A G2 B<d | e2 d<e g2 e<g | a2 e<a g4 | g>ef<d g>ed<B | e2 A2 A2 B<d :|
[2 e>dB<A G>AB<G | c2 B<c d2 c<d | e2 d<e a4 | g>ef<d g>ed<B | e2 A2 A2 |
# Posted on February 19th 2007 by ceolachan
"Fingal's Cave" ~ curious copied ABC notation ~
The telling strange notation was, just an example:
T: Fingal's Cave
O: Scotland
O: Traditional
D: Natalie MacMaster, Buddy MacMaster
D: John & Phil Cunningham
Z: Rosin_the_bow
Z: William Porter
R: March, Strathspey, Reel
M: 4/4
K: A minor
E/G|A4 B>A G/A|B2 A2 A2 e>d|B2 A/G e2 d/B|d2 G2 G2 E/G|
A4 B>A G/A|B2 A2 A2 e>d|B2 A/G e2 d/B|e2 A2 A2 :|B/d|\
ETC... ~ ;-/
# Posted on February 19th 2007 by ceolachan
"Fingal's Cave" ~ further on Gordon Turnbull's transcription
T: Fingal's Cave
T: Gul Fhin
T: Fingal's Weeping
C: Traditional Scottish
R: Strathspey
N: Also played as a reel
N: Posted to the woodenflute mailing list May 2002
Z: Gordon Turnbull <gturnbull@oblique-design.demon.co.uk>
B: Cruinn Comhla, ed. Christine Martin & Anne Hughes
# Posted on February 19th 2007 by ceolachan
ABC Music Notation Tutorial:
http://www.lesession.co.uk/abc/abc_notation.htm
# Posted on February 19th 2007 by ceolachan
Fingals cave
whats a great tune to go after fingals cave. as in to put it together in a set
# Posted on July 28th 2010 by Alwyn