Bothwell Castle

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Theme code Index	3L5L3L1L 3L5L7F2
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Nathaniel Gow
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	B
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Keith Norman MacDonald
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Skye Collection (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 189
Year of publication/Date of MS	1887
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BOTHWELL CASTLE. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune was composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831). It is considered one of his better, but lesser-known compositions, opines Emmerson (1971), agreeing with the collector John Glen (1895) who listed it as among those of Gow's "exceedingly good compositions." Bothwell Castle lies southeast of Glasgow, in Scotland's Clyde region; in fact, the Clyde runs along the north side of the structure. It was built in 1242 by Walter of Moray, although it was never finished.

Printed source: MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 189.

X:1
T:Bothwell Castle
L:1/8
M:C
S:MacDonald - Skye Collection
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
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d'/(b/a/)b/ c'/(a/g/)a/ b/(a/^f/)g/ a/(=f/^e/)f/|g/(e/d/)e/ (f/B/)(g/B/) Acc (f/2g/2a/)|
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