The Duke Of Fife's Welcome To Deeside

reel

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on April 25th 2009 by bdh.

This tune has been added to 14 tunebooks.

Also known as Duke Of Fife's Welcome To Deeside, The Duke Of Fife, The Duke Of Fifes Welcome To Deeside, Duke Of Fyfe's Welcome To Deeside.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Da Hömin by Kevin Henderson, Jenna Reid And Kevin Mackenzie
• Good Boy M.A. by Michael Anthony MacLean
• Hi (TM) How Are You Today? by Ashley MacIsaac
• Portrait Of A Scottish Jew's Harp Player by Lindsay Porteous
• Traditional Music From Cape Breton by Various Artists
• Waves Of Rush by Tabache
• When Here Meets There by Troy MacGillivray And Shane Cook
• Whistle O'er The Lave O't by Alex Green

X: 1
T: Duke Of Fife's Welcome To Deeside, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
|: E2A2 A2Bc | B2A2 A2Bc | d2ef e2a2 | ecAc B2AF |
E2A2 A2Bc | B2A2 A2Bc | d2ef ecBc |1 A2AB A2FA :|2 A2AB A2cd ||
e2c/B/A a2ga | f2>a2 e2c/B/A | d2ef e2a2 | ecAc B2cd |
e2c/B/A a2ga | f2>a2 e2c/B/A | d2ef ecBc | A2AB A2cd |
e2c/B/A a2ga | f2>a2 e2c/B/A | d2ef e2a2 | ecAc B2AF |
E2A2 A2Bc | B2A2 A2Bc | d2ef ecBc | A4 A2FA ||
|: EDCE AGAc | BAGB AGAc | dcdf edca | ecAc B2AF |
EDCE AGAc | BAGB AGAc | dcdf ecBc |1 A2AB A2FA :|2 A2AB A2cd ||
|: eccB Aaga | f2>a2 eAc/B/A | dcdf edca | ecAc B2cd |
dccB Aaga | f2>a2 eAc/B/A | dcdf ecBc |1 A2AB A2cd :|2 A2AB A4 ||

Reel composed by J. S. Skinner. My transcription is based on the way Tabache play the tune. On whistle, I transpose this down to Gmaj.

# Posted on April 25th 2009 by bdh

I recognize, of course, that this is actually a march in 2/4...

# Posted on April 25th 2009 by bdh

Another Scott Skinner, Professor Blackie goes well after it http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/9581

# Posted on April 30th 2009 by geoffwright