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Far O’er Struy waltz

By John Peter MacLeod

Also known as Far O’er The Struay.

There are 4 recordings of this tune.

Far O’er Struy has been added to 2 tune sets.

Far O'er Struy has been added to 25 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: Far O'er Struy
R: waltz
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:d>B|A2 A2 d>e|f2 A2 f>g|a2 f2 ed|f2 e2 e>f|
g2 a>g fe|d2 B2 d>e|f2 A2 BA|d4:|
|:e>f|g2 a>g fd|f2 e2 f>e|d2 fa gf|f2 e2 e>f|
g2 a>g fe|d2 B2 d>e|f2 A2 BA|d4:|
2
X: 2
T: Far O'er Struy
R: waltz
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:u(d>B)|[DA]2 [DA]2 (d>e)|f2 A2 (f>g)|{g}a2 f2 {gf}(ed)|{fa}f2 e2 (e>f)|
g2 {g}(a>g) {fa}(fe)|d2 {Bd}B2 {B}(d>e)|{fa}f2 (A2 {Bd}BA)|[Dd]4:|
|:(e>f)|g2 {g}(a>g) {fg}(fd)|{fg}f2 e2 {fg}(f>e)|d2 {fg}(fa) (gf)|{fa}f2 e2 (e>f)|
g2 {g}(a>g) {fa}(fe)|d2 {Bd}B2 {B}(d>e)|{fa}f2 (A2 {Bd}BA)|[Dd]4:|

Eight comments

Far O’er the Struay

I believe this is actually a retreat march, not a waltz, but there is no option for those when submitting. Best played slow I think.

Other online sources say it was composed by John Peter MacLeod.

Ian

Far O’er The Struay

Where did you get it, iwilson?

Far O’er the Struay

I learnt this tune from one of the tutors at the Folkworks Summer School in Durham, Uk, last week (aug 2009).

I was going to put up some others I learnt (I Will Sail from Islay to Kintyre, Glenburnie Rant), but can only put up one a day.

Ian

Far O’er The Struay, X:2

As played by West Highland fiddler Angus Grant. From Alastair Hardie’s excellent and highly recommended tutor “The Caledonian Companion”

Re: Far O’er The Struy

The village and road is actually Struy - no a - in the NE of Scotland. The road is very wild and beautiful. And this is the location to which the tune refers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struy
Struay is a fictional island in the Katie Morag books, but based on the real island of Coll in the Hebrides.
Just sayin’!

Re: Far O’er Struy

You can correct it, Trish. I did.

Re: Far O’er Struy

Thanks Donald: had forgotten that facility.

Re: Far O’er Struy

When I listened to this I thought I might have heard it as a song.