Good Drying reel

By R.S. MacDonald

There are 13 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Andy Renwick’s Ferret (a few times),
Christmas Carousing (a few times),
Ciaran Tourish (a few times),
The Contradiction (a few times) and
The High Level (a few times).

Good Drying has been added to 7 tune sets.

Good Drying has been added to 24 tunebooks.

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.

Good Drying, X:3

Apologies. It’s this setting played by Braebach (X:2 is the original).

Good Drying, X:4

Perhaps easier to get the detail from this transcrition from the original.

Good Drying, X:5

Version in D, easier for whistle or flute

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