Annotation:Mr. Thomas Forbes

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 MR. THOMAS FORBES. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by the great Scottish fiddler and composer J. Scott Skinner (1943-1927). Winston Fitzgerald’s version mixed the tonality between minor and major.  Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].  Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 164, p. 65. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 132. Skinner (The Miller o’ Hirn), 1881.  Recorded sources:

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