Tune Req: Glencoe

Subject: The sheet music to the tune
From: Errol Ardron
Date: 04 Aug 98 - 02:15 AM

Could anyone supply the sheet music or the notes to the tune "Glencoe"????

Have searched almost everywhere without success.

Errol Ardron

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Glencoe in the Digital Tradition.

Subject: ADD Tune: Banks of Glencoe
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 04 Aug 98 - 07:10 PM

Errol,

Just to get things rolling please find the tunes
in ABC format,being the closest reference I could locate
in my collection of Irish tunes.

I obtained the tunes from:

http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/index/wwabc.html

X:77
T:Glenloe
B:Joyce, P. W.; "Old Irish Folk Music and Songs"
R:reel
L:1/8
M:C
K:C
((3A/B/c/)|dcAG F2 DE|F2 cA dBcA|dcAG F2 Dc|1 dfec dfec:|2 dfec d3||
e|fede eagf|ecgc acgc|fede fage|fdec d3 e|
fede fagf|ecgc acgc|fagf ((3efg) fe|1 ((3fed) ((3edc) defe:|2(3fed (3edc d3||

X:78
T:The Banks of Glenoe
B:Joyce, P. W.; "Old Irish Folk Music and Songs"
H:Tune up your fiddle and rosin your bow,
H:And play us a tune on the banks
R:jig
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:C
A|GEE cEE|GEE G2 A|GEE cBc|Add dcA|
GEE cee|cde eag|fef ded cAA A2:: d|
e3 g^fg|ABA c2 d|eaa aga|edd dcd|
eg^f ged|cAA cde|fef ded|cAA A2:|

On the basis that I am fishing in the dark here, I have
not taken the extra step of converting these to MIDI.

Regards
John

Subject: RE: The sheet music to the tune
From: Jon W.
Date: 04 Aug 98 - 07:25 PM

Neither of those tunes is the one with which I am familiar from a recording by Alistair MacDonald. His words match the ones found in the DT (which unfortunatly don't have a MIDI file with them). I may be able to work out the melody for the song and post an ABC, if that's sufficient.

Jon W.

Subject: RE: The sheet music to the tune
From: Ralph Butts
Date: 04 Aug 98 - 09:22 PM

Jon.....

I have a beautiful recording of Glencoe (or "Massacre of Glencoe", or "Macdonald's Lament") by John McDermott which I'd be happy to share.

Also, the lyric is in my database - ask and ye shall receive. I could also transcribe the melody line if I could figure out how to represent it.

New computer coming, maybe I can crank up some of this notation software.

.......Tiger

Subject: RE: The sheet music to the tune
From: alison
Date: 05 Aug 98 - 04:09 AM

Hi,

Watch this space I'll do it later.

Slainte

Alison

Subject: Tune Add: THE MASSACRE AT GLENCOE
From: alison
Date: 05 Aug 98 - 04:27 AM

Hi,

Here you go. (Took the tune off a recording of "the massacre at Glencoe", from a great CD "An audience with Crooked Jack and Billy Maguire".)

It's the tune I've always associated with "the rape of Glencoe". Words are in the database.

Slainte

alison

MIDI file: GLENCOE.MID

Timebase: 480

Name: The Massacre at Glencoe
TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
Key: E
Tempo: 100 (600000 microsec/crotchet)
Start
0000 1 68 036 0718 0 68 036 0002 1 66 042 0238 0 66 042 0002 1 64 029 0478 0 64 029 0002 1 59 042 0958 0 59 042 0002 1 59 023 0478 0 59 023 0002 1 61 023 0238 0 61 023 0002 1 57 023 0718 0 57 023 0002 1 61 041 0478 0 61 041 0002 1 59 026 0958 0 59 026 0002 1 64 029 0478 0 64 029 0002 1 68 040 0718 0 68 040 0002 1 66 024 0238 0 66 024 0002 1 64 046 0478 0 64 046 0002 1 59 031 0958 0 59 031 0002 1 64 026 0478 0 64 026 0002 1 63 032 0478 0 63 032 0002 1 66 029 2398 0 66 029 0002 1 68 036 0718 0 68 036 0002 1 66 030 0238 0 66 030 0002 1 64 037 0478 0 64 037 0002 1 59 030 0958 0 59 030 0002 1 59 032 0478 0 59 032 0002 1 61 033 0118 0 61 033 0002 1 57 030 0838 0 57 030 0002 1 61 016 0478 0 61 016 0002 1 59 028 0958 0 59 028 0002 1 59 023 0478 0 59 023 0002 1 61 029 0478 0 61 029 0002 1 57 024 0478 0 57 024 0002 1 64 030 0478 0 64 030 0002 1 63 029 0478 0 63 029 0002 1 64 037 0478 0 64 037 0002 1 66 024 0478 0 66 024 0002 1 68 030 0238 0 68 030 0002 1 66 032 0238 0 66 032 0002 1 64 028 1918 0 64 028 0002 1 59 030 0478 0 59 030 0002 1 64 033 0478 0 64 033 0002 1 68 040 0718 0 68 040 0002 1 64 025 0238 0 64 025 0002 1 66 048 0478 0 66 048 0002 1 69 033 0718 0 69 033 0002 1 66 035 0238 0 66 035 0002 1 68 037 0478 0 68 037 0002 1 71 031 0478 0 71 031 0002 1 68 031 0478 0 68 031 0002 1 64 030 0958 0 64 030 0002 1 59 027 0478 0 59 027 0002 1 66 033 0718 0 66 033 0002 1 69 022 0238 0 69 022 0002 1 66 014 0478 0 66 014 0002 1 59 035 0958 0 59 035 0002 1 69 044 0478 0 69 044 0002 1 68 033 0478 0 68 033 0002 1 69 035 0478 0 69 035 0002 1 68 028 0478 0 68 028 0002 1 66 024 0958 0 66 024 0002 1 59 022 0478 0 59 022 0002 1 64 033 0478 0 64 033 0002 1 68 038 0718 0 68 038 0002 1 64 022 0238 0 64 022 0002 1 66 031 0478 0 66 031 0002 1 69 029 0718 0 69 029 0002 1 66 026 0238 0 66 026 0002 1 68 030 0478 0 68 030 0002 1 71 024 0478 0 71 024 0002 1 68 029 0478 0 68 029 0002 1 64 026 0958 0 64 026 0002 1 59 030 0478 0 59 030 0002 1 61 027 0478 0 61 027 0002 1 57 026 0478 0 57 026 0002 1 64 026 0478 0 64 026 0002 1 63 029 0478 0 63 029 0002 1 64 046 0478 0 64 046 0002 1 66 032 0478 0 66 032 0002 1 68 036 0238 0 68 036 0002 1 66 026 0238 0 66 026 0002 1 64 036 2400 0 64 036
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

X:1
T:The Massacre at Glencoe
M:3/4
Q:1/4=100
K:E
G3FE2|B,4B,2|CA,3C2|B,4E2|G3FE2|B,4E2|D2F4|
-F6|G6|-G3FE2|B,4B,2|C/2A,7/2C2|B,4B,2|C2A,2E2|
D2E2F2|GFE4|-E4B,2|E2G3E|F2A3F|G2B2G2|E4B,2|
F3AF2|B,4A2|G2A2G2|F4B,2|E2G3E|F2A3F|G2B2G2|
E4B,2|C2A,2E2|D2E2F2|GFE4|-E6||

Subject: RE: The sheet music to the tune
From: Jon W.
Date: 05 Aug 98 - 11:09 AM

Thanks Alison, that's the tune I've heard also. Errol, are you listening? There's software to convert the gobbledegook above into music notation.

Jon W.

Subject: RE: The sheet music to the tune
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 14 Sep 02 - 05:00 PM

Refresh - for the guy from Oldenburg who phoned me last Friday night to ask had I got the sheet music for 'Massacre of Glencoe' (the song by Mudcatter Jim McLean). Hope he sees it! (And hope it's the right tune!)

Subject: RE: The sheet music to the tune
From: Jim McLean
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 05:05 AM

I'll happily post a photocopy of my original tune to Glencoe( Massacre of'' etc.) to any one who emails me at [e-mail]. Cheers, Jim Mclean

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Glencoe
From: GUEST,Arkansas Red-Ozark Troubadour
Date: 27 Apr 16 - 02:26 PM

A very beautiful, but tragic song. In the chorus I'm confused. One line says, "Donald", and the other line says, "Macdonald". I don't understand the difference in the names. Could someone clear this up for me? Thanks-

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Glencoe
From: GUEST,Allan Conn
Date: 27 Apr 16 - 06:22 PM

MacDonald simply means "son of Donald" As a whole the various branches of MacDonald are sometimes collectively called Clan Donald.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Glencoe
From: Little Robyn
Date: 27 Apr 16 - 09:41 PM

You also have people named Donald McDonald.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Glencoe
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 28 Apr 16 - 06:51 AM

and Ronald McDonald, his hamburgers are shite mind.

Dave H

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Glencoe
From: JHW
Date: 28 Apr 16 - 03:25 PM

But he did succeed in chatting up Lizzie Lindsay

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Glencoe
From: GUEST,kenny
Date: 29 Apr 16 - 05:05 AM

See tune "comments" :


https://thesession.org/tunes/5063