Key signature: Aminor
Submitted on February 19th 2007 by jkurnick.
This tune has been added to 49 tunebooks.
Also known as Cuilfhionn, Fingal's Cave March, Fingal's Weeping, 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 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 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 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