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X:1 T:J Scott Skinner [1] C:J Murdoch Henderson M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Reel K:A e|c>A A/A/A EGAE|CEAc eaec|d>B B/B/B GABc|dBba gbed| c>A A/A/A EGAE|CEAc eaec|fdcd eaga|fdBG A3|| B|Aaga caga|ecea fedc|Bb^ab egb=a|gfe^d defg| aAAa gebg|fdda ecce|fdcd eaga|fdBG A3|]

J. SCOTT SKINNER [1] (THE STRATHSPEY KING). Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler and composer J. Murdoch Henderson (1902-1972) in 1933, in honor of the renowned Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner [1] (1843-1927). Murdoch also named a strathspey composition in Skinner's honor (see J. Scott Skinner (2)").

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed sources : - Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 71, p. 32. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935.

Recorded sources : - Rodeo RO-114 (78 RPM), Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald.

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]

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