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LAMENTATION FOR JOHN MURRAY (9th Earl of Dunmore). Scottish, Slow Air (whole time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Dr. John Turner; musician, composer, performer, teacher and director of the Jink and Diddle School of Scottish Fiddling, held yearly in Valle Crucis, North Carolina.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; p. 4. Turner (Melodies in the Scottish Style), 1984.

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