Annotation:Sir John Stewart of Grantully's Reel a Strathspey

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X:1 T:Sir John Stewart of Grantully's Reel, a Strathspey M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey Q:"Slow" B:Dow - Thirty Seven New Reells and Strathspeys (c. 1776, p. 15), Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F#min c2|AF3A3E TF4 (E3F)|A3BTc3B AF3Ec3|AF3A3E TF4 (A3B)|c3eB3c AF3F2:| e2|f3af3c e3fe3c|BA3Tc3B AF3E3e|f3af3c e3fe3c|A3cB3c A3FF3e| fc3e3c A3fcf3|ec3B3c A3cEc3|AF3A3B c3eATf3|ec3B3c A2F2F2||

SIR JOHN STEWART OF GRANTULLY'S REEL, A STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. F Sharp Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Donald/biography:Daniel Dow (1732-1783), originally of Kirkmichael, Perthshire. The tune appears first in print in his Thirty Seven New Reells and Strathspeys (p. 15), published around 1776. See remarks for "annotation:Sir John Stewart of Grantully (1)" for more.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 41, p. 64. William Campbell (Campbell’s 1st Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & Strathspey Reels for the Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as Danced at Court, Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms), Soho, London, edition of c. 1793, first published c. 1786; p. 11.

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