Annotation:Honorable George Carnegie (The)
X:1 T:Honorable George Carnegie’s Strathspey, The M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Daniel McLaren – Collection of Strathspey Reels, etc. (1794) K:Gmin V:1 G>AB<G D<G TG2|{B}A>GF<c A<F F2|G>ABG D<GB>d|c>AF<A B<G G2:|| g>fd>g f<d g2|f>d c<f AFcA|g>fd<g (f<d) g2|f>df>A {A}G2G2| g>fd<g f<d g2|f>dc<f A<Fc<A|G>BA<c B<dc<g|f<df<A {A}G2G2|| V:2 clef = bass G,,2D,2B,,2G,,2|F,2C,2A,,2F,2|B,,2G,2G,,2G,2|C,2D,2G,2G,,2:| G,,2G,2G,,2B,,2|F,2C,2A,,2F,,2|B,,2G,2G,,2G,2|D,2D,,2B,,2G,2| G,,2G,2G,,2B,,2|F,2C,2A,,2F,,2|B,,2^F,,2G,,2C,2|D,2D,,2G,,2G,2||
HONORABLE GEORGE CARNEGIE, THE. AKA - "The Honorable George Carnegie's Strathspey." Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody was composed by Edinburgh musician Daniel McLaren and appear in his Collection of Strathspey Reels, etc. (1794). The Honorable George Carnegie (1773-1839) was a younger son of Admiral George Carnegie, 6th Earl of Northesk (1716-1792) and his wife Anne Melville. As a younger son, not likely to inherit, he joined the military and was appointed a Captain in the 79th Regiment of Foot (Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) in August, 1793, when the unit was raised, and was a Major a year later. He and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel by 1800 before going on half-pay by 1820.
