Good Drying reel

By R.S. MacDonald

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Five settings

1
X: 1
T: Good Drying
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amix
~c2 GA GccG|~d2 Gd eGdG|~c2 GA GccG|~d2 GB ~A2 AG|
~c2 GA GccG|~d2 Gd eGdG-|Gccd eA ~A2|cddG [1 A4:|[ A4-:|
-Accd eeef|g3e BccG-|Gccd eA ~A2|cddG ~A2 AG-|
-Gccd eeef|g3e BccG-|Gccd eA ~A2|cddG A4:|
~c2 GA GccG|~d2 Gd GddG|~c2 GA GccG|~d2 GB ~A2 AG|
~c2 GA GccG|~d2 Gd GddG-|Gccd eA ~A2|cddG [1 A4:|[ A4-:|
-Accd eA ~A2|cddG cddG-|Gccd eA ~A2|cddG ~A2 AG-|
-Gccd eA ~A2|cddG cddG|eA ~A2 AeeA|cddG A4:|
2
X: 2
T: Good Drying
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amix
c/c/c GA GccG|d/d/d Gd eGdG|c/c/c GA GccG|d/d/d GB A/A/A AG|
c/c/c GA GccG|d/d/d Gd eGdG-|Gccd eA A/A/A|1 cddG A4:|2 cddG A4-||
|:Accd eeef|g3e BccG-|Gccd eA A/A/A|cddG A/A/A AG-|
Gccd eeef|g3e BccG-|Gccd eA A/A/A|1 cddG A4-:|2 cddG A4||
|:c/c/c GA GccG|d/d/d Gd GddG|c/c/c GA GccG|d/d/d GB A/A/A AG|
c/c/c GA GccG|d/d/d Gd GddG-|Gccd eA A/A/A|1 cddG A4:|2 cddG A4-||
|:Accd eA A/A/A|cddG cddG-|Gccd eA A/A/A|cddG A/A/A AG-|
Gccd eA A/A/A|cddG cddG|eA A/A/A AeeA|1 cddG A4-:|2 cddG A4||
3
X: 3
T: Good Drying
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amix
c/c/c GA GccG|d/d/d Gd eGdG|c/c/c GA GccG|d/d/d GB AAAG|
c/c/c GA GccG|d/d/d Gd eGdG-|Gccd eA A/A/A|cddG A4:|
|:c3d eeef|g2ge BccG-|Gccd eA A/A/A|cddG AAAG|
c3d eeef|g2ge BccG-|Gccd eA A/A/A|cddG A4:|
|:c/c/c GA GccG|d/d/d Gd GddG|c/c/c GA GccG|d/d/d GB AAAG|
c/c/c GA GccG|d/d/d Gd eGdG-|Gccd eA A/A/A|cddG A4:|
|:c3d eA A/A/A|cddG cddG-|Gccd eA A/A/A|cddG AAAG|
c3d eA A/A/A|cddG cddG|eA A/A/A AeeA|cddG A4:|
4
X: 4
T: Good Drying
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amix
c/c/c GAG ccG|d/d/d Gde GdG|c/c/c GAG ccG|d/d/d GB A/A/A AG|
c/c/c GAG ccG|d/d/d Gde GdG-|G ccd eA A/A/A|c/c/d dG A4-:|
|:A ccd eee f-|g3e BccG-|G ccd eA A/A/A|c/c/d dG A/A/A AG-|
G ccd eee f-|g3e BccG-|G ccd eA A/A/A|c/c/d dG A4:|
|:c/c/c GAG ccG|d/d/d GdG ddG|c/c/c GAG ccG|d/d/d GB A/A/A AG|
c/c/c GA GccG|d/d/d Gd GddG-|G ccd eA A/A/A|c/c/d dG A4-:|
|:A ccd eA A/A/A|c/c/d dG c/c/d dG-|G ccd eA A/A/A|c/c/d dG A/A/A AG-|
G ccd eA A/A/A|cddG cddG|eA A/A/A AeeA|c/c/d dG A4-:|
5
X: 5
T: Good Drying
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
~f2 cd cffc|~g2 cg acgc|~f2 cd cffc|~g2 ce ~d2 dc|
~f2 cd cffc|~g2 cg acgc-|cffg ad ~d2|fggc d4:|
|:-dffg aaab|c'3a effc-|cffg ad ~d2|fggc ~d2 dc-|
-cffg aaab|c'3a effc-|cffg ad ~d2|fggc d4:|
|:~f2 cd cffc|~g2 cg cggc|~f2 cd cffc|~g2 ce ~d2 dc|
~f2 cd cffc|~g2 cg cggc-|cffg ad ~d2|fggc [ d4:|
|:-dffg ad ~d2|fggc fggc-|cffg ad ~d2|fggc ~d2 dc-|
-cffg ad ~d2|fggc fggc|ad ~d2 daad|fggc d4:|

Eight comments

Good Drying

DonaldK mentioned this tune in a discussion thread, so here it is. Written by the one and only Roddy S. MacDonald, of Inverness, London, Japan, and Australia.

Good Drying

A very riffy and unique pipe reel by R S MacDonald (he of “Last Tango in Harris”) that we have been learning/playing recently. This transcription from the original recording.

Re: Good Drying

Beat me to it, Calum. Watching telly and transcribing takes time.

Good Drying, X:2

Second setting as played by Calum MacCrimmon and James Mackenzie of Braebach.

Re: Good Drying

Calum beat me by fourteen minutes.