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Fingal’s Cave reel

There is 1 recording of this tune.

Fingal’s Cave has been added to 1 tune set.

Fingal’s Cave has been added to 3 tunebooks.

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X: 1
T: Fingal's Cave
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emin
B,2 E2 E2 F2|G3 E B,4|E2 B2 e2 d2|B3 A B3 B|
e3 d B2 d2|G2 B2 e4|B,3 E G2 B2|A3 G E4:|
|:e3 d B2 d2|e3 f e d3|B2 g2 a2 b2|a3 g e4|
B3 d e3 d|B3 A B e3|B,2 E2 G2 B2|A3 G E4:|

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Fingal’s Cave

I love this slow air composed by Scottish fiddler Paul Anderson, from his 2004 album Granite. Wind the tempo all the way down on the playback.

Fingal’s Cave is a remarkable geological wonder which is worth visiting (when I was there I played another “Fingal’s Cave” tune - https://thesession.org/tunes/6833 - on whistle much to the delight of some antipodean tourists). It has inspired several musicians to pen tunes in its honour: Mendelssohn, John Gow, Hector MacAndrew and, of course, Paul Anderson, to name but four.