Miss Betty MacLean's Strathspey

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 Theme code Index    1H335 22H2H6
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Alexander Mackay
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    SCOTLAND(Western Isles)
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Alexander Mackay
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Collection of Reels Strathspeys and Slow Tunes
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 4
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1822
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Miss Betty MacLean’s Strathspey C:Alexander Mackay M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes… B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 4) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947 N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield. N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings. N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C e2|c3G E3C E3GG3c|D2d2d2c2 d3D A3B|c3dc3G A3F E3c|D2a2g2f2 e2c2c2:| e2|(cdef) g3c a3c g3c|e3c (agfe) f3dd2e2|(cdef) g3c a3cg3c|f2a2g2f2 e2c2c2e2| (cdef) g3c a3cg3c|e2c2 agfe f2d2d2e2|c2d2c2G2 A2F2E2c2|D2a2g2f2 e2c2c2||