Key signature: Fmajor
Submitted on August 16th 2009 by domnull.
This tune has been added to 6 tunebooks.
Also known as The Highland Of Banffshire.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Highlands Of Banffshire, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Fmaj
d|c<F c>B A>F F<f|c<F c>B A2 A>f|c<F c>B A<F c>A|B>G _E/F/G/_A/ B2B:|
b|a>fc>f A<fc<b|a<f c>B A2 A>b|a>f c<f A<fc<A|B>G _E/F/G/_A/ B2 B>b|
a>f c<f A<fc<b|a<f c>B A>B cf/g/|(3afa (3geg (3fed (3cBA|B>G _E/F/G/_A/ B2B||
The Highlands of Banffshire
2nd in the set on track 7 of Alasdair Fraser's 'Return to Kintail' CD. I really like this set, though fiddle and guitar (Tony McManus) aren't quite together the triplets in the penultimate bar.
A.F. plays triplets the 3rd time through, rather than the strathspey dotted rhythm.
I got the ABC from Fiddler's Companion, as it fitted the version on 'Return to Kintail' pretty well.
# Posted on August 16th 2009 by domnull
"The Highlands Of Banffshire".
More info, shamelessly copied and pasted from Fiddlers' Companion:
HIGHLANDS OF BANFFSHIRE, THE (Braigh Bhanbh). Scottish, English; Strathspey. England, Northumberland. F Major (Athole, Fraser, Hunter, Kerr, Skinner, Skye): G Major (Hall & Stafford, Johnson). Standard tuning. AAB (Athole, Fraser, Hall & Stafford, Hunter, Johnson, Skinner, Skye): AABB' (Kerr). MacDonald’s (The Skye Collection) source for the tune was Captain Simon Fraser's Knockie Collection, and the editor notes it can be found in the Inverness Collection, where the composition is also attributed to Capt. Fraser. Lowe also believes the tune originated with Fraser, though he notes Fraser himself did not claim it in his collection. Banffshire is located in the North East of Scotland between Aberdeenshire, Moray and Inverness. "The Highlands of Banffshire, extending south of the Spey, have been long famous for the best dancers of the strathspeys, which must have been well performed to inspire them sufficiently. In this district also lie the most picturesque scenery, the finest sporting grounds and deer forests, perhaps in Great Britain, belonging to the Duke of Gordon, Earl of Fife, &c., long inaccessible to strangers, from the badness of the roads, and want of bridges" (Fraser). Scottish violinist J. Scott Skinner added variations to Fraser’########. Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 35, pg. 12. Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; pg. 38. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935. Johnson (Kitchen Musician No. 10: Airs & Melodies of Scotland's Past), 1992 (revised 2001); pg. 8. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 193, pg. 22. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 161. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), pg. 15. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pg. 123. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 216. Culburnie COL 113D, Aladair Fraser & Tony McManus – “Return to Kintail” (1999). Rounder Records 7052, Buddy MacMaster – “The Cape Breton Tradition” (2003).
# Posted on August 16th 2009 by domnull