Annotation:Key of Kindness (The)
X:1 T:Key of Kindness, The M:C L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, p. No. 433, p. 167) N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D D2 dF D/D/D dF|EfTed B/B/B B2|A>Bd>F A>Bd>e| f>dg>e fdd:||:f/g/|a>fdf a>baf|g>ba>g e/e/e e(f/g/| a>)fd>f a>bTa>f|g>eTaf d/d/d dg/a/|b>ga>f g>ef>d| gbaf e/e/e Te>f|d>BAG T(F>E)DF|a>ea>f d/d/d d2:|]
KEY OF KINDNESS, THE. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears to be unique to the Glasgow-published third collection of James Aird (1788).
