Key: D
Form: Lament or Reel*
ABC:
X: 1
T:Da Slockit Light
T:Slow Air Cape Breton Style
C:Tom Anderson ,1969
S:Transcribed from Buddy MacMaster, Judique on the Floor
M:C
L:1/8
K:D
|:F<E|"D"D3 F A2 d2|"A"{g}fed<c "D"d2 A2|"G"B2 {B}d2 "D"A2 {c}d2|"Em"BAG<F "A7"E2 G/F/E|
"D"D3 F A2 d2|"A"{g}fed<c "D"d2 A2|"G"{A}B2 G2 {B}AGF<E|"D"D6:|
g2|"D"{e}f2 a2 "A"{f}e3 c|"G"{e}d3 e "D"dcB<A|"D"f2 {g}a2 "E7"e2 ^g2|"A7"{g}a4 g2|
"D"{e}f2 a2 "A"{f}e3 c|"G"{e}d3 e {e}dcB<A|"Em"{A}B2 G2 "A7"{B}AGF<E|"D"{E}D6 g2|
"D"{e}f2 a2 "A"{f}e3 c|"G"{e}d3 e {e}dcB<A|"G"{A}B2 {B}d2 "D"A2 {c}d2|"Em"{A}BAG<F "A7"E2 G/F/E|
D3 F A2 {e}d2|{g}fed
MP3: Played very slowly*
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Melody
Low harmony, p.1
Low harmony p.2
And for historical interest, handwritten scores, possibly by Tom Anderson himself:
Melody
Harmony
Youtube: (The first video is Tom Anderson himself playing his tune on the occasion of his 80th birthday)
Source (if known): J Tom Anderson
Other Tunes in Set: Da Brig, Lay Dee at Dee
Region: Shetland
*Notes: See the caption on the handwritten melody sheet music above. Tom Anderson played this tune at a slow pace, like a lament, given the sad story he relates. But my experience is that it can have a charming tendency to speed up.
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