Lasses Trust In Providence

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on February 6th 2008 by domhnall..

This tune has been added to 26 tunebooks.

Also known as Lassies Trust In Providence.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 1982 by Willie Hunter And Violet Tulloch
• Celtic Fiddle by Jeremy Kittel
• Crossing To Scotland by Abby Newton
• Fire And Grace by Alistair Fraser With Natalie Haas
• The Silver Bow: The Fiddle Music Of Shetland by Tom Anderson And Aly Bain

X: 1
T: Lasses Trust In Providence
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
d2 de fdef|d2 fd edBA|d2 de fdef|[1dBAF E2 A2:|[2dBAF E2 FG||
A2 AB ADFA|d2 d2 BABd|A2 AB ADFA|[1GFEC D3 F:|[2GFEC D2 z2||

Lasses Trust in Providence

Since attending a fiddlers' weekend a couple of months ago where the great Shetland fiddler Jenna Reid was teaching, my interest in Shetland music has abounded. I certainly hadn't realised how much of had entered the 'Irish tradition'.

I heard this great reel on "Silver Bow" by Aly Bain/Tom Anderson. The abc is from Fiddlers companion: they give more info -

LASSES TRUST IN PROVIDENCE. Shetlands, Shetland Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Brody, Phillips): AA’BB’ (Martin & Hughes). In the repertory of the Shetland Fiddle Band, and therefore widely known in the islands. Source for notated version: Tom Anderson (Shetland) [Phillips]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 165. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaidh), 1990; pg. 29. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook: British Isles), 1989; pg. 34. Culburnie CUL110, Abby Newton – “Crossing to Scotland” (1997). Culburnie Records CUL 121D, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas – “Fire and Grace” (2004). Philo 2019, Tom Anderson and Aly Bain‑ "The Silver Bow." Thule 214, Tom Anderson.

# Posted on February 6th 2008 by domhnall.