John MacFadyen Of Melfort march

S: My own ceilidh band, not sure exactly where it came from before that. We use it for the Canadian Barndance

The composer is listed as John McColl.

Some more sources:
http://www.tradangus.co.uk/pdfs/JohnMacFadyenofMelfort.pdf (C: John MacColl)

Some recordings:
http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/78382/1 (bagpipe)
http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/22494/1 (fiddle + piano)

http://forums.bobdunsire.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121474

Apparently written by PM John MacColl in 1905

It is a 2/4 march, but limited by the 1/8 note length, I’ve posted it in 4/4 (not that it makes much difference)

The M:2/4, L:1/16 version is this:

X:1
T:John MacFadyen of Melfort
C:John MacColl
L:1/16
M:2/4
K:Amaj
|: a>f |e3 A e>d c>B | A>a g<a f<a e>c | A>A A>B c<e f>e | c2 B2 B2 a>f |
e3 A e>d c>B | A>a g<a f<a e>c | A>A A>c B>c f>e | {d}c2A2 {A}A2 :|
|: c>d | e>f e>c A2 a>g | f<af>e d2 c>d | e>f e>c A>c f>e | {d}c2 B2 B2 c>d |
[1 e>f e>c A2 a>g | f<af>e d2c>d | e>A d>c B>c f>e | {d}c2 A2 {A}A2 :|
[2 c<e d<f c<e B>c | A>a g<a f<a e>c | A>A A>c B>c f>e | {d}c2 A2 {A}A2 |
|: e2 | A2 c<e A2c2 | e>Aa>e f>e c<A | e>c B<c A>c f>e | {d}c2 B2 B2 a2 |
A2 c<e A2 c2 | e>A a>e f>e c<A | c<e A>c B>c f>e | {d}c2A2 {A}A2 :|
|: f>g | a>e c<e A>c B<c | e>A a>e f>e c<A | a>e c<e A>c f>e |
[1 {d}c2 B2 B2 f>g | a>e c<e A>c B<c | e>A a>e f>e c<A | c<e A>c B>c f>e | {d}c2 A2 {A}A2 :|
[2 {d}c2 B2 B2 c>d | c>e d>f c>e B>c | A>a g>a f>a e>c | A>A A>c B>c f>e | {d}c2 A2 {A}A2 |]

John MacColl (1860-1943), of Kentallen, Appin:

http://www.pipetunes.ca/composers.asp?pg=Details&composerID=19

Thanks Weejie!

This setting has a different second time ending for the fourth part (not the same as the second time ending of the second part).
One of the few 2/4 marches that John MacColl composed in “A major”, in that the high Gs of the pipes can be played as G#s on other instruments. The vast majority of his 2/4s were in A mixolydian, making extensive use of the low G.

DonaldK - good spot with the differing notes on the last line. I happen to play in the same band as Dr. Tøm did and it’s likely that some years ago a previous band member copy/pasted the last time repeat of the B part as the D part, without realising they differed! Another band member has provided me with the original dots from the John McColl book and I’ve updated the CUCB version now so that the erroneous version is no longer in circulation (except through here)!

An easy mistake to make. Up until a couple of years ago I was playing the third last bar (f>ea>f e>cB<A) as e>Aa>e f>ec<A (as in the first time ending) - just hadn’t looked closely enough, until I heard someone else playing that part.