Bonnie Rideout Tune Title

Subject: Bonnie Rideout Tune Title
From: Lighter
Date: 06 Apr 26 - 09:28 PM

Can anyone ID the second tune of this Scots medley? The track is simply called "The Highland Laddie," which is tune number one.

Tune number two sounds familiar, but I can't place it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OYJnCldi5U&list=OLAK5uy_khWIx4yg38dzTKdRGnx8rMFkB6gqq82_A&index=7

Subject: RE: Bonnie Rideout Tune Title
From: Helen
Date: 07 Apr 26 - 01:44 AM

The second tune starts 1 min 16s into the video. I'm not very knowledgeable on Scottish music but it sounds to me like a dance tune, e.g. a strathspey or similar.

Subject: RE: Bonnie Rideout Tune Title
From: Jack Campin
Date: 07 Apr 26 - 07:31 AM

If you can transcribe the first two bars of each part into ABC I'll look it up in Gore's index. (My only internet access is an old phone so the transcription bit is difficult for me).

Aren't Rideout's own liner notes/track listing available?

Subject: RE: Bonnie Rideout Tune Title
From: Lighter
Date: 07 Apr 26 - 08:07 AM

Thanks, Jack and Helen. It's definitely a strathspey.

I don't see any online liner notes. "The Session" prints the wrong music for this "Highland Laddie," btw.

I'm not clever enough to do an ABC, but I'm sure someone will recognize the tune.

Subject: RE: Bonnie Rideout Tune Title
From: GUEST,Wireharp
Date: 07 Apr 26 - 08:40 AM

It's also The Highland Laddie, a strathspey version of the tune found in Aird's Airs, 1778 #32

Subject: RE: Bonnie Rideout Tune Title
From: Lighter
Date: 07 Apr 26 - 09:20 AM

Nice work, Wireharp. Am grateful!

The title is the same, but isn't the tune essentially different?

Subject: RE: Bonnie Rideout Tune Title
From: Helen
Date: 07 Apr 26 - 12:19 PM

I surprised myself. I wasn't sure what type of tune it is and the word "strathspey" came to mind.

The page on The Sessions for the album Scottish Reflections By Bonnie Rideout has a list of the tracks and also a link to further liner notes on www.maggiesmusic.com which has the page on the Scottish Reflections album.

Track 9 is titled The Highland Laddie and Track 10 is The Highland Laddie: Variations so I suspect that might possibly be the track on the video with a strathspey version added.

On The Sessions website they post ABC versions of the tunes. When I clicked the link for Track 9 it goes to The Highland Laddie which shows the music notation and a link for the ABC above that.

Caution: that tune page is probably for the original tune and not the variation but checking out The Sessions website is always useful. A second caution is that people post their versions of the music notation and ABC and other people offer corrections or variations so it might take a bit of detective work to find the specific tune you are looking for.

Another excellent resource with ABC notation is Traditional Tune Archive so it might be worth checking that out as well.

Subject: RE: Bonnie Rideout Tune Title
From: Jack Campin
Date: 07 Apr 26 - 01:38 PM

There are about 5 different tunes called The Highland Laddie.

Subject: RE: Bonnie Rideout Tune Title
From: Lighter
Date: 07 Apr 26 - 03:48 PM

Fascinating.