Lady Melville’s Strathspy
X:1 T:Lady Melville’s Strathspy M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey C:Niel Gow (?) N:Saunders attributed the tune to the famous Scottish fiddler-composer N:Niel Gow, but it was published in 1823, some fifteen years after N:his death, by his son John Gow, a publisher in London. B:Saunders – New and Complete Instructor for the Violin (Boston, 1847, No. 82, p. 42) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmin A|~d>e fd (e^c) d2|(A/d/)(=B/c/) G>F ECC>E|~d>e fd (e^c) d2| Ac E>G FDD:||A|(F/G/A) (DA) FA d=B|c>G AF ECC>E| (F/G/A) (DA) FA d>=B|{B}c>GEA FDD>A|(F/G/A) (DA) FA d>=B| {B}c>G A>F ECC>E|(FA) (G_B) .A(d ^c)(g|f>)d e>^c dDD||
X:1
T:Lady Melville’s Strathspey
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:M.E. Eames music manuscript book, frontispiece dated Aug. 22nd, 1859 (p. 28)
S:http://archive.org/details/MEEamesBook
N:Eames was perhaps from Philadelphia
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
B|~e>f ge (f^d) e2|(B/d/)(^c/d/) A>G FDD>F|~e>f ge f^d e2|
Bd ~F>A GEE:|B|(G/A/B) (EB) GB e^c|d>A BG FDD>F|
(G/A/B) (EB) GB e^c|d>A FB GE E>B|(G/A/B) (EB) GB e^c|
d>A B>G FDD>F|(GB)(Ac) .B(e ^d)(a|g>)e f>^d eEE||