Niel Gow's Strathspey (1)

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Theme code Index	51H62 51H66
Also known as	Irish Jig, Jack at the Helm, Keep Your Country Bonnie Lasses, Neil Gow's Strathspey (2), New Gun Reel, Niel Gow
Composer/Core Source	Duncan MacIntyre
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	3 flats
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Duncan MacIntyre
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Collection of Slow Airs Strathspeys and Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 17
Year of publication/Date of MS	1794
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Niel Gow's Strathspey (1): Annotations

X:1 T:Neil [sic] Gow's Strathspey [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Strathspey Q:"Slowish" B:MacIntyre - Collection of Slow Airs, Reels & Strathspeys (1794) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Eb c|B<Ge>B c<FF<c|B<Ge>B c2-ce|B<Ge>B c<FF<d|e/d/c/B/ EG E2-E:|| F|E<EG>E F<CC<F|E<EE>E e>Bc<e|B<eG>E F<CC<d|e/d/c/B/ eG E2 E:|]

X:1 T:Neil [sic] Gow's Strathspey T:Niel Gow's Strathspey [1] C:D. Macintyre M:C| L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:William Campbell – “Campbell's 12th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & B:Strathspey Reels for the Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as B:Danced at Court, Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms” (Soho, London, c. 1797, p. 2) F: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/9/9a/IMSLP655932-PMLP1052069-campbells12thboo00camp.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A V:1 f2|ec3a3e f2(B2B2)f2|ec3a3e f4 (f3g)|(ag)fe a3e fB3B3g|{gb}a3fe3c A4 A2:| |:B2|AA3c3A BF3F3B|AA3AA3 a3ef3a|ea3c3a BF3Fg3|(ag)fe a2c2A4A2:| V:2 clef = bass z2|[A,,4C,4E,4A,4][A,,4C,4E,4A,4] A,,4B,,4|[A,,4C,4E,4A,4]A,,4 [A,,4D,4][A,,4D,4]|[A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4][B,,4B,4]| [A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4] [A,,6A,6]:| |:z2|[A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4][B,,4B,4][B,,4B,4]| [A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4]| [A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4][B,,4B,4][B,,4B,4]| [A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4][A,,2A,2]:|

X: 1 T:Neil Gow's Strathspey [1] - with additions by Nath. Gow C: S: Nathaniel Gow: Neil Gow's Strathspey (ca.1796-1801) L:1/8 M:C K:A f|e<c {c}a>e fB!trill!B>f|e<c {c}a>e f3g|a/g/f/e/ {g}a>e fB!trill!B>g|{fg}a>f ec A2A:| E|[CA]<[CA] {AB}c>A BF!trill!F>B|[CA]<[CA] [CA]<[CA] {g}a>e fa|eacA BF !trill!Ff/g/|a/g/f/e/ {g}a>c A2 AE| [CA]<[CA] [CA]<[CA] BF!trill!F>B|(3[CA][CA][CA] (3Ace {g}a>efa|eaca BF Ff/g/|(a/g/f/e/) {g}a>c A2 A|]

X:1 T:Neil [sic] Gow’s Strathspey [1] C:Duncan Macintyre M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Robert Petrie – Third Collection of Strathspey Reels (p. 19) N:Dedicated to Francis Garden Esq. Junior of Troup by N:Robert Petrie at Kirkmichael. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A f2|ec3a3e f2B2B2f2|ec3a3e f4 f2g2|agfe a2e2 f2B2B2g2|a3fec3 A4A2:| B2|AA3cA3 BF3FB3|AA3AA3 a3efa3|ea3cA3 B2F2F3g|a3fec3 A4A2c2| AA3cA3 BF3FB3|(3A2A2A2 (3A2A2A2 a3efa3|efga fedc BF3Fg3|(agaf) (edcB) A4A2||

X:1 T:Neil Gowagh T:Niel Gow’s Strathspey [1] M:C L:1/8 R:Reel N:Parts reversed from "Niel Gow's Strathspey" B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 192, p. 41) B:http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=40&z=-149.2816%2C220.105%2C3411.0452%2C1476.2303 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A A2 cA BFFB|AAce fefa|faef ecAc|afec AA/A/ A2:| ecae fddf|ecae f2 fa|ecae fddf|afec AA/A/ A2| ecae fddf|ecae f2 fg|agfe aece|afec AA/A/ A2||

Niel Gow's Strathspey (1): Annotations