House of Gray

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 Theme code Index    13b44 13b55
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 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Scotland
 Genre/Style    English, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Dorian
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Robert Bremner
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances for the Year 1769
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 101
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1769
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:House of Gray, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Robert Bremner – “For the year 1769 a collection of scots reels, or country dances” (p. 101) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gdor D|G3TB3|cAF cAF|G3 B2c|dBd dBG|fgf Te2d|cAf cAF|G2G B>cd|cA^F G2:| |:A|B2B f2B|dBd cAF|B2B f2B|dBd fdf|g>ag Tf2d|cAf cAF|G2 G (B/A/B/c/d) |cA^F G2:|]


X:1 T:House of Gray M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 445, p. 173) N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin E|A3 c2e|dBG dBG|A3 c2d|ece ece|gag ^f2e|dBg dBG|A2A (c/B/c/d/).e|dBG A2:| |:B|c2c g2c|ece dBG|c2c g2d|ece geg|aba Tg2e|dBg dBG|A2A c/B/c/d/e|dBG A3:|]


X:2 T:House of Gray, The –A Jigg M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig N:Pringle attached his name to compositions in his collection he N:composed. This tune is unattributed. B:John Pringle – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys & Jigs (1801, p. 13) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmin G3B3|cAF cAF|G2A B2c|dBd dBd|fgf T=e2d|cfd cAF|G2A B2d|cA^F G3:|] |:B2B f2B|dBd cAF|B2B f2B|dBd fdf|gag Tf2d|cfd cAF|G2A Bcd|cA^F G3:|]


X:1 T:House of Gray, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:John McLachlan - Piper’s Assistant (1854, No. 36, p. 21) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amix A3 cde|dBG dBG|A3 Tc2d|ede ecA|gag Tf2e|dBg dBG|AAA cde|dBG A3:| |:ccc g2e|dBd dBG|ccc g2f|ede ecA|gag f2e|deg dBG|AAA cde|dBe A3:|]


X:3 T:House of Gray M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Kerr - Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 255 (c. 1880's) K:Ador e|AAA c2e|dBG dBG|AAA c2d|ece ecA|gag f2e|dBg dBG|AAA cde|dBG A2:| |:B|ccc g2c|ece dBG|ccc g2c|ece geg|aga g2e|dBg dBG|AAA cde|dBG A2:||