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Annotation:Hamilton House (6)
X:1 T:Hamilton House [6] M:C| L:1/8 B:William Campbell – “Campbell’s 1st Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & B:Strathspey Reels for the Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as B:Danced at Court, Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms” (Soho, London, B:edition of c. 1793, first published c. 1786, p. 10) F: https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/6/61/IMSLP655929-PMLP1052069-campbells1stbook00camp.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D V:1 B|A>BAF A>BdB|AFdF E/E/E TB2|A>FDF A/A/A (a>g)|f>def d/d/d d:| (f/g/|a>)fd>f (a>g)f>d|g>bf>a e/e/e e(f/g/)|(a>f)d(f a>b)af|g>ea>f d/d/d df/g/| a>fd>f d>A F>D|F>Ad>F E/E/E TB2|F>AG>B F>AE>g|f>def d/d/d d|| V:2 clef = bass z|D,2D,2D,2D,2|D,2D,2E,2E,2|D,2D,2D,2D,2|A,2A,,2D,2D,:| z|D,2D,2D,2D,2|G,2B,2E,2E,2|D,2D,2F,2F,2|G,2A,2D,2D,2| D,2D,2D,2D,2|D,2D,2E,2E,2|D,2E,2F,2G,2|A,2A,,2D,2D,||
HAMILTON HOUSE [6]. AKA and see "Bonnie Susie," "Cow Bit Off the Miller's Thumb (The)," "Drunken Scotchman (The)," "Drunken Scotsman," "Highland Rant (2)," "MacLeod's Reel (2)." Scottish; Reel or Strathspey (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. See note for "annotation:Hamilton House (1)" for more information on the title. Campbell's "Miss Margaret Grant's Reel (2)" is identical in the first two measures, but differs thereafter.
