MacDonald's

reel

Key signature: Amixolydian

Submitted on August 11th 2008 by Gander Dave.

This tune has been added to 19 tunebooks.

Also known as The MacDonald's March, McDonald's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Roof For The Rain by Greenfire
• Feenish Legacy by Marcus Hernon And Padraic Coyne
• Picassiette by Betsy Branch And Mark Douglass
• Shetland Fiddle Music by School Of Scottish Studies, University Of Edinburgh
• Shetland Springs Fae Da Bonnie Isle by Gibbie Hutchison
• Sometimes When The Moon Is High by Nightingale
• The Dances Down Home by Joe Cormier
• Where Else Would You Be by The Pub Scouts

X: 1
T: MacDonald's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
e>d |: c2 Bc A2A2 | cAce gaef | =g2fgB3B | =GABd fged |
c2 Bc A2A2 | cAce gaef| =g2fg Bcdf| e2 A2 A2 cB :|
A2aA gA a2 | ef=ge ^gaef | =g2fgB2B2 | =GABd fged |
c2 Bc A2A2 | cAce gaef| =g2fg Bcdf| e2 A2 A2 z2 :|

MacDonald's

The second of two tunes collected from Gina Le Faux way back when. Gina learned it from the playing of Cape Breton Fiddler, Joe Cormier. We also think that it is somewhere in Kerrs, when I find my copies (5 volumes) I will have a gander (hmm). (Great collection, many hidden gems lie within)

I play this with slight swing, but have left the dots unswung this time. It follows on from the Birthday reel, and the key change into A really lifts an already upbeat set.

Occasionally we put the two together and play them as a 4 parter when needing a 64 bar reel.

# Posted on August 11th 2008 by Gander Dave

MacDonald's

Hi Dave. It's in Kerr's Merry Melodies Vol 3 as a 3-part march. Good tune.

X: 1
T: MacDonald's March, The
N: Originally in 2/4
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: A
eA | c2 Bc A2A2 | cAce g2 ef | =g2 ae g2 de | =gdBA GABG |
c2 Bc A2A2 | cAce g2 ef | =gdBA GABd | c2 A2 A2 :|
e2 | AA a2 =g2 ea | =gefe a2 ef | =g2 ae g2 de | =gdBA GABG |
AA a2 =g2 ea | =gefe a2 ef | =gdBA GABd | c2 A2 A2 :|
E2 | ABcd eaec | ABcd ec A2 | =GABc d=gdB | =GABc dB G2 |
ABcd eaea | =gefe a2 ef | =gdBA GABd | c2 A2 A2 :|

# Posted on August 12th 2008 by nigelg

MacDonald's

Dash it. Some corrections:

X: 1
T: MacDonald's March, The
N: Originally in 2/4
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: A
eA | c2 Bc A2 A2 | cAce a2 ef | =g2 ae g2 de | =gdBA =GABG |
c2 Bc A2 A2 | cAce a2 ef | =gdBA =GABd | c2 A2 A2 :|
e2 | AA a2 =g2 ea | =gefe a2 ef | =g2 ae g2 de | =gdBA =GABG |
AA a2 =g2 ea | =gefe a2 ef | =gdBA =GABd | c2 A2 A2 :|
E2 | ABcd eaec | ABcd ec A2 | =GABc d=gdB | =GABc dB G2 |
ABcd eaea | =gefe a2 ef | =gdBA =GABd | c2 A2 A2 :|

# Posted on August 12th 2008 by nigelg

Duplicated

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5661

It's in Amix, not A major.

# Posted on August 12th 2008 by slainte

MacDonald's

Hi Nigel,
Thanks for this, still have not found Kerrs, but I like the three parter, it has a very different feel from the version I learned from Gina, another evolving tune, and none the worse for that. A mix, noted and changed

# Posted on August 15th 2008 by Gander Dave