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The Fourth Floor reel

By Gordon Duncan

Also known as 4th Floor.

There are 17 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

The Fourth Floor has been added to 5 tune sets.

The Fourth Floor has been added to 102 tunebooks.

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Four settings

1
X: 1
T: The Fourth Floor
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|dddf addd|fded ddfd|eccc ABcd|eaaf gece|
dddf addd|fded ddfd|eccc ABcd|eddc dBAB|
dddf addd|fded ddfd|eccc ABcd|eaaf gece|
dddf addd|fded ddfd|eccc ABcd|eddc d3 f|
fddd BdAd|fddd Adfa|eccc ABcd|eaaf gece|
eddd BdAd|fddd Adfa|eccc ABcd|eddc d3 f|
addd BdAd|fddd Adfa|eccc cddd|deee efff|
addd BdAd|fddd Adfa|eccc ABcd|eddc d3 e|
fA (3AAA BAdA|(3AAA fA (3AAA fA|eA (3AAA BAeA|(3AAA eA (3AAA eA|
fA (3AAA BAdA|(3AAA fA (3AAA fA|eA (3AAA eaaf|gecA ddde|
fA (3AAA BAdA|(3AAA fA (3AAA fA|eA (3AAA BAeA|(3AAA eA (3AAA eA|
fA (3AAA BAdA|(3AAA fA (3AAA fA|aAgA fAeA|cAeA d4||
2
X: 2
T: The Fourth Floor
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
dcdf ad d2|fded dfed|eA A2 ABcd|eaaf gece|
dcdf ad d2|fded dfed|eA A2 ABcd|eddc d2 fe|
dcdf ad d2|fded dfed|eA A2 ABcd|eaaf gece|
dcdf ad d2|fded dfed|eA A2 ABcd|eddc d3 A||
fd d2 BdAd|fd d2 Adfd|eA A2 ABcd|eaaf gece|
fd d2 BdAd|fd d2 Adfd|eA A2 ABcd|eddc d3 f|
ad d2 BdAd|fd d2 Adfd|eA A2 ce e2|df f2 ea a2|
ad d2 BdAd|fd d2 Adfd|eA A2 ABcd|eddc d3 e||
fA A2 BAdA|A2 fA A2 fA|eA A2 eAfA|A2 eA A2 eA|
fA A2 BAdA|A2 fA A2 fA|eA A2 eaaf|gecA dcde|
fA A2 BAdA|A2 fA A2 fA|eA A2 eAfA|A2 eA A2 eA|
fA A2 BAdA|A2 fA A2 fA|aAgA fAeA|cABc d4||
# Added by JACKB .
3
X: 3
T: The Fourth Floor
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:dcdf ad d2|fded dfed|eA A2 ABcd|eaaf gece|
dcdf ad d2|fded dfed|eA A2 ABcd|1 eddc d2 fe:|2 eddc d3A||
|:fd d2 BdAd|fd d2 Adfd|eA A2 ABcd|eaaf gece|
fd d2 BdAd|fd d2 Adfd|eA A2 ABcd|eddc d3 f|
ad d2 BdAd|fd d2 Adfd|eA A2 ce e2|df f2 ea a2|
ad d2 BdAd|fd d2 Adfd|eA A2 ABcd|eddc d3 e||
|:fA A2 BAdA|A2 fA A2 fA|eA A2 eAfA|A2 eA A2 eA|
[1 fA A2 BAdA|A2 fA A2 fA|eA A2 eaaf|gecA dcde:|
[2 fA A2 BAdA|A2 fA A2 fA|aAgA fAeA|cABc d4||
# Added by JACKB .
4
X: 4
T: The Fourth Floor
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:GFGB dG G2|BGAG GBAG|AD D2 DEFG|AddB cAFA|
GFGB dG G2|BGAG GBAG|AD D2 DEFG|1 AGGF G2 BA:|2 AGGF G3D||
BG G2 EGDG|BG G2 DGBG|AD D2 DEFG|AddB cAFA|
BG G2 EGDG|BG G2 DGBG|AD D2 DEFG|AGGF G3 B|
dG G2 EGDG|BG G2 DGBG|AD D2 FA A2|GB B2 Ad d2|
dG G2 EGDG|BG G2 DGBG|AD D2 DEFG|AGGF G3 A||
|:BD D2 EDGD|D2 BD D2 BD|AD D2 ADBD|D2 AD D2 AD|
[1 BD D2 EDGD|D2 BD D2 BD|AD D2 AddB|cAFD GFGA:|
[2 BD D2 EDGD|D2 BD D2 BD|dDcD BDAD|FDEF G4||
# Added by JACKB .

Thirteen comments

I learned this at Blazin in Beauly last year, taught by Iain MacFarlane. But I know nowt about it.

Fourth Floor

Poor show if he couldn’t tell you it was composed by Gordon Duncan from Pitlochry, one of Scotland’s best, and certainly most innovative pipers.

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Kenny

FYI, I did put the composer into the ABC, but it’s mysteriosuly vanished! So apologies for that! And Iain did tell us who wrote it and where he was from… but I’m sure he told us other background stuff too that I’ve forgotten!

Fourth floor

Fair enough, drizzt - but you did say you knew "nowt" about the tune.There’s usually a good story behind the titles of Gordon’s tunes (eg "Andy Renwick’s Ferret" ), and if you remember/find out I’d love to hear it. All the best.

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Fourth Floor

The composer’s name should be in the ABC notation but Jeremy wants to see it in the comments. When someone copies the ABC notation all information should be there. Jeremy, if you’re using ABC notation why not use it correctly?

most frustrating tune I’ve ever tried to learn on my box. this version also seems to have a lot of extra notes that when played to speed magically disappear. Anyone able to prune this down to the basics for me?

Mispelling

I just added this tune in the "additional names" section as "The Forth Floor". I know it’s a mispelling, but someone spelled it that way on the Old Blind Dogs CD Five.

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Actually, it’s not on the CD that way though, but listed on this site for the recording of Old Blind Dogs Five. Curiously, it’s also listed on the OBD website as The Forth Floor.

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Fourth Floor

"Upside Down At Eden Court" is not another name for this as added in the details, that is a different GD tune.