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Lady Shaftesbury
X:1 T:Lady Shaftsbury's Strathspey M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Strathspey C:Nathiel Gow B:Gow - 3rd Collection of Niel Gow's Reels, 3rd ed., p. 15 (orig. 1792) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Eb G/F/|EB,G,B,|T E>FGc|BGTF>E|DFFG/F/|.D.B,.G,.B,|TE>FGc|BGTF>G|E3:|| B|(ed).c.B|{d}e2 E>c|BGTF>E|DFFB|(ed).c.B|{d}e2 E>c|BGTF>G|E3 B|(ed)cB| T(B/=A/B/).c/ T(d/c/d/).e/|fFFF|TF>GAc|TB>cBG|{G}TFEFG|E/(F/G/)F/ EB,|E3||
X:2
T:Lady Shaftsbury's Delight
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Preston's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1793
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
(A/G/)|F>CB,>C F>GA>d|cAGF E G2 A/G/|F>CA,>C FGAd|cAGA F3:||
c|(fe)(dc) {e}f2 Fd|cAGF E G2c|fedc {e}f2 Fd|cAGA F3c|
fedc cdef|gGGG GABd|c>dcA GFGA|FA/G/ FC F3||
X:3
T:Lady Shaftsberry’s Reel
M:C
L:1/8
B:Tracy’s Selection of the present Favorite Country Dances (Dublin, 179?)
N:Tracy was a dancing master in Dublin
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Eb
G/F/|E>B,G,>B, E>FG>c|B>E GF/E/ D>FF>G|E>B,G,>B, E>FG>c|B>GF>G EE/E/ E:|
d|e>dd>B e2 Ec|B>E GF/E/ D<FF<d|e>dc>B e2 Ec|B>GF>G EE/E/ Ed|
e>dd>B B>dd>e|fFFF F>GA>c|B>cB>G F>EF>G|E>FE>C B,>G, E||
X:1
T:Lady Shaftsbury’s Stathspey
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5
B:(Glasgow, 1797, No. 52, p. 21)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f/e/|dAFA|d>e(fb)|afed|cee f/e/|dAFA|d>efb|a<fe>f|d3:|
|:a|d'c'ba|{c'}d'2 db|afed|ceea|d'c'ba|{c'}d'2 db|a>fe>f|
d3a|d'c'ba|{c'}d'2 db|afed|ceef/e/|dAB<d|A,dBb|a>fe>f|d3||
X:4
T:Lady Shartesbury's Reel
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Thomas Wilson - A Companion to the Ball Room (1816, p. 61)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
d/c/|BFDF|B>cdg|fd e/d/c/B/|Ac cd/c/|BFDF|B>cdg|fdc>d|B2 B:|
|:f|bagf|b2 Bg|fdc>B|Accf|bagf|b2 Bg|fdc>d|B2 Bf|
bagf|f/e/f/g/ a/g/a/b/|c'ccc|cdeg|f>gfd|cBcd|B/c/d/c/ BB|B3||
X:1
T:Lady Shaftsbury’s Strathspey
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 196)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f/e/|dAFA|d>efb|afed|ceef/e/|dAFA|d>efb|afef|d3:|
a|d'c'ba|d'2 db afed|ceea|d'c'ba|d'2 db|a>fe>f|d3a|
d'c'ba|{c'}d'2 db|afed|ceef/e/|dAB<d|A<dBb|a>fe>f|d2||
X:206
T:Lady Shaftsburys Reel
O:No 206 Page 101 William Clarke of Feltwell
Z:Transcribed by David Dolby 2010
M:4/4
L:1/8
N:In m.s. key given as D. It makes for interesting listening.
N:No repeat marks at end of B music in m.s.
K:A
c/B/|AECEA2Af|ecBA GBB(c/B/)|AECEA2Af|ecBcA3:|
|:e|agfea2Af|ecBA G(BB)e|agfea2Af|ecBcA3e|
agfe e^def|bBBBB2cd|efec BABc|A2A2A2z:|
X:5
T:Lady Shaftesbury
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Eb
G/F/|E<B, G,>B, E>F G<c|B<G F>E D<F FG/F/|E<B, G,>B, E>F G<c| B<G F>G E3:|
B|e>dc>B e2 E>c|B>GF>E D<F F>B|e>dc>B e2 E>c|B<G F>G E3B|
e>dc>B B/=A/B/c/ d/c/d/e/|f<F F>G F>GB>c|B>c B<G F>E F<G| E/F/G/F/ E>B, E3||
