Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on May 16th 2008 by domnull.
This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.
Also known as Highland Whiskey.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Highland Whisky
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Amaj
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||e|c/B/A e>A f>Ae>A|G<BB>G G<BB>e|d/c/B/A/ e>A f>Ae>c|
ef/g/ a<c B2 A>e|c/B/A e>A f>Ae>A|G<BB>G G<BB>c|A<cB<d c<ed<f| ef/g/ a>c B2A|]
Highland Whisky
A Neil Gow strathspey that I heard first on Duncan Chisholm et al's tribute to Donald Riddell cd. The abc and following notes are from JC tunefinder
HIGHLAND WHISKY. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AB (Honeyman, Surenne): AAB (Athole, Gow, Hunter, Kerr, Martin, Skye). Composed by Scottish fiddler Niel Gow on the occasion of the brief banning in 1799 of the distilling of whisky. Source for notated version: fiddler and teacher Jean-Ann Callender (Aberdeen) [Martin]. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 73. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; pg. 26. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 21. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 127. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 8, No. 3, pg. 7. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 26. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 12. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 6. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pgs. 148-149.
# Posted on May 16th 2008 by domnull
Highland Whisky
It goes well with The Laird of Drumblair............ but then, a nice Highland single malt goes well with any strathspey
# Posted on May 16th 2008 by domnull