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Issue 1507: Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh-missing tune

Object
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh (Recording)
Submitter
Rod Downey
Assigned to
Anselm Lingnau
Priority
Normal
Disposition
Needs help
Description

This seems missing the second tune, Birkhall. There are 4 tunes on this recording. I suspect the other Jim Macleod recording also has the wrong tunes, in the case missing the original tune, but I don’t have that record to check.

Previous Actions

  • Date  Sept. 16, 2018, 10:55 p.m.
  • User  Unknown

New issue submitted

  • Date  Dec. 8, 2022, 7:57 p.m.
  • User  Viktor Lehmann (tone2tone)

Assigned changed to »tone2tone« (previously »None«)
Disposition changed to »Needs help« (previously »New«)

All online sources and original album covers suggest that there are the 3 mentioned tunes only; e.g. https://www.shazam.com/de/track/5080768/reel-duke-and-duchess-of-edinburgh-original-tune-bonnie. I suggest to stick to this information.

  • Date  Dec. 9, 2022, 11:13 a.m.
  • User  Heiko Schmidt (castle_ghost)

Dear Victor, (hi Rod,)

Rod might have a point there. The youtube link you provided, lists 4 tunes not 2: (1) Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh (2) Original Tune (3) Bonnie Banchory (4) The Blacksmith

It is, of course, not entirely clear what the “Original Tune” refers to, because in Book 39 they state two original tunes: (a) Dunnottar Castle and (b) Birkhall - the one mentioned by Rod.

Since the youtube recording that you seems to be indeed the recording by MacLeod in question, one could check by listening, but I am not musician enough and cannot read tunes from paper ;) Hence…

@Rod - can you check whether the 2nd tune in the recording is indeed Birkhall? …since now you have access to the recording.

Best wishes to Heidelberg and Downunder, Heiko

  • Date  Dec. 10, 2022, 7:56 p.m.
  • User  Viktor Lehmann (tone2tone)

Assigned changed to »anselm« (previously »tone2tone«)

Rod sent through an email to some of us with a recording attached, and his comments are as follows (and I pass this issue on to Anselm): “The recording I have on the sleeve lists only 3 tunes but there are clearly 4 on the recording, played 11 22 33 44. The ones on the sleeve are original, bonnie banchory, the blacksmith. Anselm will know the tunes as a musician, which I am not. I attach the recording. Rod” Anselm, perhaps you can briefly listen to the tune in question and shed light on it. You can then reassign it to me and I will adjust the database once I know the tune for sure.