Annotation:Mr. James Jenkin’s Favorite

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 MR. JAMES JENKINS' FAVORITE. AKA - "James Jenkin's Favorite." Scottish, Slow Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. One of the one hundred and thirty published compositions by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831). It ranks among the twenty or so best, according to Mr. Troup of Ballater. Nathaniel also composed a tune called “Nathaniel Gow’s Compliments to Mr. W.K. Jenkins,” also appearing in the Fifth Collection—were the Jenkins men related?  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 77. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; pp. 24-25.  Recorded sources:

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