Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on June 15th 2008 by domnull.
This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.
Also known as The Papa Stoor Bridal March, Papa Stour Bridal March, The Papa Stour Bridal March, Untitled Bridal March.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Papa Stoor Bridal March
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Gmaj
d | dBG dBG A2d | dBG [D3A3] [G,2D2] d|
dBG dBG A2A | BAG [D3A3] [D2A2] :|
M: 6/8
f | gee edB | gee edB | d3 d2 f |
gee edB | gee edB | [D3A3] [D2A2] :|
Papa Stoor Bridal march
I learnt this from Jenna Reid when she came to do a weekend fiddle workshop in the Yorkshire Dales last November (2007).
Wonderful tune - listen to it as it should be played on Jenna's "With Silver and all" CD
The double stops are "very Shetland" - ringing strings and all that!
# Posted on June 15th 2008 by domnull
Not the usual version.
This tune is undergoing a revival in Scotland at the moment, but Jenna's version is not like the other version I've heard, which has 3 parts. I first heard it by "Fairport Convention" on their "Angel Delight" LP, early 70s. I think it has also turned up on a few Shetland recordings, as you would expect, and also by the "Boys Of The Lough". Calum Stewart has it on his Scottish flute CD, released only a few months ago. I've been teaching it to my flute students in Aberdeen. The whole of the 3-part tune only has 4 bars of music in it. It's usually known as the "Papa Stour Sword Dance", which is not at all like a highland word dance, I believe, and have aways meant to do some research on that. I'll post the "abcs" here for the version I know later this week.
# Posted on June 15th 2008 by Kenny
Papa Stoor
Kenny
Thanks for that - look forward to your 'extra bits 'n pieces'
D
# Posted on June 15th 2008 by domnull
Papa Stoor
I should have said - this isn't really a slip jig but more of a march, alternating between 9/8 and 6/8
D
# Posted on June 15th 2008 by domnull
This is the version I have:
X: 1
T: Da Papa Stour Sword Dance
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: D
ddd fga gfe|ddd fga gfe|ddd fga gfe|ddd fga gfe|
ecA ecA f2e|ecA ecA f2e|ecA ecA f2e|ecA ecA f2e|
dBA FED E2A|dBA FED E2A|dBA FED E2A|dBA GFE D2z|]
It may be that the Bridal March is a separate tune, although thee are a lot of similarities.
Funnily enough, there is a dance group that meets a couple of miles down the road from me that does the Papa Stour Sword Dance so I've seen it many times but I've never really listened to the music.
# Posted on June 16th 2008 by DonaldK
Where this lead me merrily ~ "The Mermaid's Bridal March"
Key signature: G Major
Submitted on July 9th 2008 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8694
# Posted on July 9th 2008 by ceolachan