Annotation:Miss Cruickshank's Strathspey
X:1 T:Miss Cruickshank’s Strathspey C:William Campbell C:C| L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:William Campbell – “Campbell’s 12th 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, c. 1797, p. 9) F: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/9/9a/IMSLP655932-PMLP1052069-campbells12thboo00camp.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Cdor V:1 gc3g3f g2(c2c2)d2|gc3g3f d2(B2B2)f2|gc3g3f gc3f3_a|gb3f3d fB3B2d2:| cg3f3_a g2(c2c2)d2|cg3f3b f2(B2B2)d2|cg3f3_a gC3g3f|d3fg3b f2(B2B2)d2| cg3f3_a g2(c2c2)d2|cg3f2b2 f2(B2B2)d2|cg3f2_a2 g2c2g2f2|(3d2e2f2 (3g2b2d2 fB3B2d2|| V:2 cleff = bass C,4C,4C,4C,4|C,4C,4B,,4B,,4|C,4C,4C,4C,4 |E,4D,4B,,4B,,4:| C,4F,4E,4C,4|E,4D,4B,4B,,4|C,4F,,4C,4C,4|B,,4E,4D,4B,,4| C,4F,,4C,4E,4|E,4D,4B,4B,,4|C,4F,,4 C,4C,4|B,,4 E,2B,,2D,4B,,4||
MISS CRUICKSHANK'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (cut time). C Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Cruickshank's Strathspey" was composed by London viol and violin player William Campbell, active as a music publisher in the city from c. 1778-c. 1815. Campbell issued yearly country dance collections.
