Annotation:Mrs. Greig's Strathspey

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 MRS. GREIG'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Cape Breton; Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A “Mrs. Greig’s Strathspey” is printed with “Mrs. Greig’s Reel” and credited (but not claimed) by this asscociation to fiddler Peter Milne (1824-1908), a mentor and sometime playing partner of J. Scott Skinner, in Charles Middleton’s '''Selection of Strathspeys & Reels, etc.,  arranged Expressly. . . by Peter Milne,  Violinist late of Aberdeen. . .'''     Source for notated version: John Campbell (Cape Breton) [Reiner & Anick].  Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 152, p. 44. Reiner & Anick (Old Time Fiddling Across America), 1989; p. 54.  Recorded sources: Rounder 7003, John Campbell  "Cape Breton Violin Music” (1975). Jerry Holland – “Crystal Clear” (2000).

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