Annotation:Miss Helen Renny's Scotch Measure

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X:1 T:Miss Hellen Renny’s Scotch Measure M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Archibald Duff – Collection of Strathspey Reels &c. (1794, p. 9) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F DE|F2F2 f3d|cAfd cAFA|G2G2 GFGA|dcde d3e| fgag fdcA|cdfd cAFA|GFGB AGFE|F2D2D2:| |:AB|cdcA cd cA|fcAc F2 fe|dDFA defg|agfe d3e| fgaf efge|defd cAFA|{A}GFGB AGFE|F2D2D2:|

MISS HELEN RENNY'S SCOTCH MEASURE Scottish, Scotch Measure (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The person of the title may perhaps have been the Helen Renny who in 1802 married John Cowie Esq. at Montrose. Cowie was "late of Cawnpore in the East Indies. Helen was the daughter of Henry Rennie Esq. Archibald Duff also composed a tune for "Miss Margaret Renny," perhaps a sister.

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Printed sources : - Archibald Duff (Collection of Strathspey Reels &c.), 1794; p. 9.

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