Annotation:Mrs. Laird of Strickmerten’s Favorite

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 MRS. LAIRD OF STRICKMERTEN’S FAVORITE. Scottish, Air (3/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in Malcolm MacDonald’s 4th collection, dedicated to the Countess of Breadalbane, where it is labled “a Welch air.”  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: MacDonald (A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1797; p. 3.  Recorded sources:

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