Eight comments
First heard this reel on my copy of ‘Return to Kintail’ (Alasdair Fraser), and really liked it.
Liz Doherty & Fiddlesticks
It also appears of "Racket in the Rectory" by Liz Doherty & Fiddlesticks.
April Verch
I learned this tune off April Verch’s album _Verchuosity_. She reversed parts A and B.
Laura Risk
This tune also appears on Laura Risk’s album "The Merry Making".
A good old tune
Very popular in the New England contra dance scene for sooooo many years……..done by soooooo many musicians….
“Ross’s Reel No. 4” ~ in G, or as fingered on a C woodwind for F
First, just a simple transposition of the notation given here by domhnall, then one with other possibilities thrown in ~
X: 2
T: Ross’s Reel No. 4
T: Lady’s Walpole Reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: GMaj
|: b2 |\
a3 g f2 e2 | dedc B2 AG | FDFA d2 dc | BGBd g2 b2 |
a3 g f2 e2 | dedc B2 AG | FGAB cdef | g2 b2 g2 :|
|: dc |\
Bddd eddd | Bdgd bdgd | Bddd eddd | Bdgd bdgd |
^cddd eddd | ^cdfd ad=c’d | ^cdfd ad=c’d | bdad g2 :|
X: 3
T: Ross’s Reel No. 4
T: Lady’s Walpole Reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: GMaj
|: b2 |\
a3 g f2 e2 | dedc B2 AG | FDFA d^cd=c | BGBd gBbB |
a3 g f2 e2 | dedc B/c/B AG | FGAB cdef | gfga g2 :|
|: dc |\
Bd^c/d/d edcd | Bdgd bdgd | B/c/B^cd edcd | Bdgd bdgd |
c/d/B^cd edcd | ^cdfd ad=c’d | ^cdfd ad=c’d | b/c’/b a/b/a g2 :|
Note: Usually played in F, or with G-fingering on a C woodwind - flute / whistle / pipes…
Devana
Magnificently played by the amateur group Devana on the DVD "Irish Traditional Music."