Fourteen comments
noticed this tune requested and found the abc format so submitted it. A lovely march in the repetoire of many fiddlers from Cape Breton (home) and composed by the great Dan R. MacDonald.
Glencoe
March ? Don’t the snaps make it a schottische or even a strathspey?
Noel
Suggested partner
I always play it along with this tune
https://thesession.org/tunes/2971
which used to be the theme tune for The McFlannells on the Scottish Home Service. It was later recorded by Altan so that makes it "cool" again 🙂
Yes, it’s a bit more of Scottishe sound, I suppose.
Glencoe
It’s classified as a march in The Trip to Windsor Collection: The Music of Dan R. MacDonald, vol. 2, compiled and edited by John Donald Cameron. There it’s given in 2/4 time.
Good tune - I would use this for a Canadian Barn Dance (I would agree it probably should be written as a 2/4 march).
Personally, I wouldn’t use it as a schottische, but slowed down, it could certainly be used for a strathspey.
“Glencoe” / “The Glencoe Village Hall” / “The Glencoe March” ~ giving credit
X: 408
T: Glencoe Village Hall
T: Glencoe March, The
C: Dan R MacDonald
D: Aly Bain/Phil Cunningham: The Ruby
Z: Nigel Gatherer
This transcript was ripped off of the Internet, as happens, without crediting the source, one of our members good works, Nigel Gatherer ~ and note-for-note…
Yes Noel, it makes a great schottische… I’ll add another transcript later…
“Glencoe” / “The Glencoe Village Hall” / “The Glencoe March”
X: 1
T: Glencoe
T: The Glencoe Village Hall
T: The Glencoe March
S: Buddy MacMaster
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D Major
|: F>G |
A2 d2 F2 d2 | A>FA<d f3 a | g3 e c>Ac<e | d>cd>B A2 F<G |
A2 d2 F2 d2 | A>FA<d f3 a | g3 e c>Ac<e | d4 d2 :|
|: f<g |
a3 g f>df<a | g3 e c>Ac<e | d>cd>e f>ef<a | g>fg<b a2 f<g |
[1 a3 g f>df<a | g3 e c>Ac<e | d>cd>f e<a-a>c | d4 d2 :|
[2 (3agf g>e f>de<c | d>BA>F D>FA<d | B>GB<d c>Ac<e | d4 d2 |]
X: 2
T: Glencoe
T: The Glencoe Village Hall
T: The Glencoe March
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D Major
|: (3EFG |
A2 d2 F2 d2 | A>FA<d f3 a | g2 g>e c>Ac<e | d>cd>B A>GF<G |
A2 (3ddd F2 (3ddd | A>FA<d f3 a | g>f (3gfe c>Ac<e | (3ded d>c d2 :|
|: (3efg |
a>ba>g f>df<a | g2 g>e c2 c<e | d>cd>e f>ef<a | g>fg<b (3aba f<g |
[1 a2 a>g f2 f<a | g>ag>e c>Ac<e | d2 (3def e<ac<e | d2 d>c d2 :|
[2 (3agf g>e (3fed e<c | d>BA>F D2 F<d | B>G (3Bcd c>Ac<e | d2 (3ddd d2 |]
“The Glencoe Hall” ” The Glencoe Village Hall” ~ correction
While these names have been associated with this tune, they are more rightly assigned to a jig by the same hand ~ Dan R’s…
Mandolin version
This tune is also on Skip Gorman’s "Mandolin In The Cow Camp," paired with Lt. Howard Douglas.
Re: The Glencoe March
Crackin’ tune. Have to give it a shot.
Re: The Glencoe March
John Donald Cameron suggested that I look at this one that day we bought the books in his Port Hawkesbury shop. Best tip of that particular year! Thank you, John Donald.
Re: The Glencoe March
I’ve always known it as Glencoe Hall. Scottish and Cape Breton marches often have ‘snaps’ and that helps ID them as Scottish. I’ve never tried it as a strathspey but I don’t think it would be very danceable.
Sylvia Miskoe, Concord NH USA
Re: The Glencoe March
I don’t have anything to add, other than
1) I agree, it’s a fantastic tune, and
2) It’s great to have Sylvia and her comments here.