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Lord Seaforth

strathspey

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on May 10th 2003 by slainte.

This tune has been added to 24 tunebooks.

Also known as Highland Fling, Lord Seaforth's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Brathar Na NOl by Monks Of The Screw Trio
Cape Breton Fiddle Music Not Calm by Howie MacDonald And Ashley MacIsaac
Claire Mann by Claire Mann
Craic Of Dawn by An Tor
Jimmy's Fancy by Jimmy Shand
Live At West Mabou Hall by Howie MacDonald, Dave MacIsaac And Mac Morin
Live-Disc 1 by Natalie MacMaster
On TSean - Am Anall by Danny O'Donnell
The Caledonian Flute by Chris Norman
The Fiddle Workshop by Karen Steven
The Tap Session by Andrea Beaton
Traditional Irish Music by William Sullivan

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X: 1
T: Lord Seaforth
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Gmaj
F|G<DD>E G>AB>d|c>AB<G E3A|G<DD>E G>AB>e|d>BA<B G3:|
g|(3efg d>g B>gd>B|c>AB<G E3g|(3efg d>g B>gd>B|c>Ad<B G3g|
(3efg d>b c>aB>g|c>AB<G E3A|G<DD>E G>AB>e|d>BA<B G3||

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Lord Seaforth

I learned this lovely strathspey from the duet of Claire Mann's fiddle and Simon Thoumire's concertina.

The bar 5 of the second part is tricky especially on the whistle and flute, but it add spice to the tune. Without it, the whole tune would sound like a variation of "Comin' Thro' the Rye."

Hope it will appeal to some strathspey lovers in this site.

# Posted on May 10th 2003 by slainte

Speed

How fast is this generally played? I tried it as an Air at about 80 to 100 bpm and it's lovely but ... where is the tempo supposed to be?

(Send more Strathspey's!)

# Posted on May 11th 2003 by 2situla

I don't think it is a commonly heard tune and not sure how fast people play it. But Claire Mann and Simon Thoumire play it at around 240 bpm. The sound file here is too fast, but that tricky part doesn't sound nice when played too slowly, I think.

# Posted on May 11th 2003 by slainte

Speed

Scott Skinner recommended 96 for Strathspey reels,
but Scottish country dancers generally like their strathspeys at 64-70 these days.

Nice tune

# Posted on May 27th 2003 by IanmacIain

~ & as a highland fling

This makes a nice highland fling and fits the dance well. For that use, on the Irish side of things, it goes nicely at around 145 beats per minute...and that is definitely swung... ;-)

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by ceolachan

Yamadasan, I'm suspecting that your 240 bpm is doubling the beat for a 4/4 tune, so I'm suspecting you really meant 120 bpm, otherwise it would mean a lot of RSI if folks were mad enough to try it that highly fried... For the future, the count is based on the 4 beats to the bar rather than the usual 8 notes. This is also why most metronomes work below 240 bpm...

I do realize the previous contributions are for 2003...

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by ceolachan

120 ~ 145 bpm

This is a good playful range for this tune if taken as a highland. Musicians playing for dance, individually and ceili bands, sometimes played between such differences, taking it slow and making tempo changes to tease the dancers. 120 bpm, as I suspect was what Hiro meant, is a nice relaxed tempo for a highland.

# Posted on October 19th 2006 by ceolachan