The Inchindown jig

I’ve not been submitting many tunes lately but I’ll be rectifying that. there’s so much out ther to share. 🙂

This is actually a Scottish tune composed by that wonderful mandolin player, David (Dagger)Gordon. Inchindown is about four miles north of Invergordon in Easter Ross.

I’m not suggesting that it sounds Irish 🙂 or otherwise but would still fit in very well in an Irish set or session.

Very pretty melody, John, a keeper for sure. Keep ‘em coming.

I don’t hear this tune as distinctly Scottish sounding—more just a beautiful jig. But a few (fairly obvious) "variations" help bring out its charms.

This tune would work well as a treble jig for step dancers.

X: 1
T: Inchindown, The
C: Dave Gordon (hey, isn’t he a NASCAR driver?)
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:GD/D/E GAB|deg edB|AEA ~c3|eag {g}fed|
|BGB dB/c/d|~g3 bgd|eab age|1 dBA G (BA):|2 dBA G (ef)||
|:gBc def|~g3 bgd|ece ef/f/g|fdf fga|
|gBc def|ge/f/g bgd|eab age|1 dBA G (ef):|2 dba G3||

Just a personal little rant here.

God, I despise those little smiley faces. How insipid!

End of rant.

Nice tune, though.

It’s a lovely jig, and Irishy enough as submitted. I’m wondering if Will added those hic-ups to give it a slightly inebriated feeling.

Actually, it reminds me a bit of Boys of Lough Gowna, which I also use as a treble, and the bowed triplets go well with the dancer’s steps.

Uh huh… sure, Will… pour me another one… ok? 😉

(Sorry about the "insipid" smiley face thingy there, Richard.)

Liz Doherty plays this as Brown Ale in a nearly identical version on "Last Orders" (All In Good Time - Brown Ale - Miss Sarah McFadyen).

Maybe that’s where the inebriated feeling comes from. 🙂

I’ll add the extra name so the set’s complete in the database.

X: 1
T: Brown Ale
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
F|: GDE GAB | deg edB | AEA ~c3 | eag fed | ~B3 dBd | ~g3 bgd | eab age | dBA G2F :|2 dBA G2f ||
|: gBc def | gdg bgd | e2e efg | ~f3 fga | gBc def | gdg bgd | eab age | dBA G2f :|2 dBA 2G ||