Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on May 25th 2001 by Jeremy.
This tune has been added to 168 tunebooks.
Also known as The Shetland Fiddlers, The Spey In Spate - Strathspey.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Shetland Fiddler, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|:AB|d2fd Adfe|defg afdf|e2 ge Bege|cdef gece|
d2fd Adfe| defg afdf|(3fga fd (3fga fd|Bgec d2:|
|:cd|eAfA gAaA|eaaf gfed|AeBe cede|efed cABc|
dAeA fAgA|eaaf gfed|(3fga fd (3fga fd|Bgec d2:|
The title would suggest that this tune is Scottish, but it sounds like it's from Donegal to me.
This is one of those "high" sounding reels. It goes well with tunes like Dinkey's.
In the last phrase, of both parts, I've written in triplets. Now, normally I don't write ornamentation in the basic tune transcription, but I have yet to hear this tune played without those triplets. The ornamention is, effectively, a permanent part of the tune.
If the constant crossbowing/crosspicking in the last part is too much, try just playing single notes.
# Posted on June 2nd 2001 by Jeremy
The Shetland Fiddler (reel)
This is a pipe version of an old hornpipe called "The Hawk", composed by Scots-born but Gateshead-lived fiddler James Hill.
# Posted on December 14th 2005 by nigelg
The Shetland Fiddler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO4na9F2ew4&feature=rec-fresh+div
Here it's played by Liz Doherty and Niall Vallely. I would be most surprised if it were anything but Scottish.
# Posted on November 15th 2009 by conscientious objector