John M(a)cAlpin(e)

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Notes

All four variants of the name are seen in various publications. The tune dates to at least 1884 (Athole Coll.), and may be much older. It is well-known in Scotland and Ireland as a march, song, polka and strathspey.

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Strathspey One title Only 1 transcription Has lots of stepwise movement Has some stepwise movement major A 4/4 Has notes text Has chords explore more...

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X: 0
T: John M(a)cAlpin(e)
O: trad Scotland
R: strathspey
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: All four variants of the name are seen in various publications.
N: The tune dates to at least 1884 (Athole Coll.), and may be much older.
N: It is well-known in Scotland and Ireland as a march, song, polka and strathspey.
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: A
|: A/B/ \
| "A"c2 c>B "D"A-<F F>A | "A"E>F A>B "E7"c-<B BA/B/ \
| "A"c2 c>B "D"A-<F F>A | "A"E>A e>c "E7"B2 "A"A :|
|: d \
| "A"c-<e e>f        e>f a>f |       e-<c c>a  e-<c "E7"B2 \
| "A"c-<e e>f "(F#m)"e>f a>f | "(Bm)"e-<c c>A "E7"B2 "A"A :|

This transcription was found:

• http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/air/JohnMcAlpineS.abc
• http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/strathspey/JohnMcAlpineS.abc
• http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/air/JohnMcAlpineS.abc
• http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/strathspey/JohnMcAlpineS.abc