The Ale Is Dear

reel

Key signature: Bminor

Submitted on July 29th 2002 by no longer exists.

This tune has been added to 210 tunebooks.

Also known as Ale Is Dear, Elisa Dear, Elsie Dear, Lady Margaret Stewart's, Sandy Duff.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Cascade by Capercaillie
• Celtic Collections, Vol. 5 - Fiddles Of Scotland by Various Artists
• Celtic Dance Music And Song by Mike Saunders And Dale Russ
• Dancing Fingers by Jennifer And Hazel Wrigley
• Edinburgh Hogmany Party Mix by Keltik Elektrik
• Encore by Celtic Fiddle Festival
• Fiddlers Five by Fiddlers Five
• Grianan by Grianan MTC
• High Rock And Low Glen by Dab Hand
• In The Fields In Frost And Snow by Chris Norman And David Greenberg
• Inspired by Give Way
• Jock Tamson's Bairns by Jock Tamson's Bairns
• Just As The Sun Was Setting by John Drury
• License To Drive'er by Andrea Beaton
• Portrait Of A Scottish Jew's Harp Player by Lindsay Porteous
• Roaming Free by Colin MacLeod And Rory Sinclair
• Scatter Pipes by Vicki Swan And Jonny Dyer
• Silly Wizard by Silly Wizard
• Sprangeen by Sprangeen
• Stepping On The Bridge by Hamish Moore
• Tannahill Weavers IV by The Tannahill Weavers
• The Ale Is Dear by Clandestine
• The Dusky Meadow by Donald MacLellan With Doug MacPhee
• The Perfect Squeeze by Norman Mackay
• The Piper's Broken Finger by Boys Of The Lough
• The Twisted Oak by Elizabeth Clark
• The Wishing Stone by Face The West
• Trad by Colcannon
• Traditional Fiddle Music Of Cape Breton Volume 4 Mackinnon's Brook by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Ale Is Dear, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Bmin
|:f2ef B2fe | faea cA Ae |f2 ef B2 fe | fa ec B2 Bc :|
|:BB Bc d2 cB | AA AB AB cA |BB Bc d2 cB | ff ec B2 B2 :|

I was surprised this one wasn't on The Session yet.
In the last 4 bars, where the first note is repeated, you can play "B2 Bc" instead of "BB Bc", it makes it a bit easier.

# Posted on July 29th 2002 by no longer exists

Bs

Or, maybe ~Bc (use a roll to do the 3 Bs)?

# Posted on July 31st 2002 by glauber

that works too....

# Posted on July 31st 2002 by no longer exists

'the ale is dear'

no, i don't want to talk about drinking ... maybe another time, eh?

instead, i'm posting about the less exalted task of building a set of tunes around 'the ale is dear'

what i have right now is: the ale is dear / mortgage burn (in B min & A maj respectively).

i'm looking for tunes to stick at either end, or maybe even between the two i have now. any suggestions?

sarah in portland

# Posted on May 5th 2004 by sarahc

Glass of Beer! http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/188
It is nice to play Ale is Dear first a little bit slowly and then move on to Glass of Beer.

H.

# Posted on May 5th 2004 by slainte

"Pipey" Setting

K: Bmin
e|f2ef B2fe|faef cAec|f2ef B2fe|faec B3:|
A|~B3c d2cB|~A3B ABcA|~B3c d2cB|faec B3A|
~B3c d2cB|~A3B ABcA|d2fd c2ec|faec B3||

Scots piper Hamish Moore plays it with Tail Toddle in a set. When played properly, this kind of simple tunes could turn into very exciting pieces.

# Posted on October 25th 2004 by slainte

The ale is dear

Nice tune. Anyone know where it's from?

# Posted on April 18th 2008 by Leah W

The Ale Is Dear

As far as I know it's a traditional Scottish bagpipe reel. I have never seen any composer's name attached to it.

# Posted on April 18th 2008 by nigelg

The Ale Is Dear

We learnt it from the playing of Ossian in the Seventies. Our flute player Christian turned it into a slow air and a strathspey. All three made a nice set.

# Posted on June 29th 2008 by kuec

I like this one slow

# Posted on November 9th 2009 by Earl Cameron

Compare...

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/10401

"Lady Margaret Stewart"

# Posted on April 6th 2010 by muspc