Annotation:Howe o' Echt (The)
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X:1 T:Howe o’ Echt, The C:J. Scott Skinner M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Skinner – Miller o’ Hirn Collection (1881, No. 67, p. 35) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A C2|A,3AB,3B C3cD3d|E3e .d.c.B.A GB3B3c|A,3AB,3B C3cD3d|(ce3) E3G A4A2:| d2|ce3{g}a3e fd3B3f|edcB Ac3 BG3 E3d|ce3{g}a3e fd3B3d|(ce3) E3G A4- A3d| ce3{g}a3e fd3B3f|edcB Ac3 BG3E3d|ce3Ac3 FA3 D3d|(ce3) E3G A4 A2||
HOWE O' ECHT, THE. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "The Howe o' Echt" was composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer and dancing master wikipedia:James_Scott_Skinner (1843-1927).
Echt is a village in southeast Aberdeenshire, and The Howe of Echt is a valley along the course of the Burn of Echt.