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MR. WILLIAM FRASER’S FAVORITE. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The first strain was composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), while the second was by his father, Niel Gow (1727-1807).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Gow (Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1822; p. 7.

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