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GENERAL MACDONALD [2]. AKA - "MacDonald." Scottish, Strathspey. C Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Scottish fiddler-composer Niel Gow (1727-1807). "Slow when not danced."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 127. Johnson (Kitchen Musician No. 10: Airs and Melodies of Scotland's Past), 1991 (revised 2001); p. 11. Saunders (New and Complete Instructor for the Violin), Boston, 1847; No. 84, p. 42. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 269.

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