Annotation:Highland Chieftain (The)

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 HIGHLAND CHIEFTAN, THE. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), third son of Niel Gow of Inver.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 71. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1792; p. 1 (3rd ed.). Jones [ed]. (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; p. 2.  Recorded sources:

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