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Niel Gow's Strathspey (1)
X:1 T:Neil [sic] Gow's Strathspey [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Strathspey Q:"Slowish" B:MacIntyre - Collection of Slow Airs, Reels & Strathspeys (1794) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Eb c|B<Ge>B c<FF<c|B<Ge>B c2-ce|B<Ge>B c<FF<d|e/d/c/B/ EG E2-E:|| F|E<EG>E F<CC<F|E<EE>E e>Bc<e|B<eG>E F<CC<d|e/d/c/B/ eG E2 E:|]
X:1
T:Neil [sic] Gow's Strathspey
T:Niel Gow's Strathspey [1]
C:D. Macintyre
M:C|
L:1/16
R:Strathspey
B:William Campbell – “Campbell's 12th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances &
B:Strathspey Reels for the Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as
B:Danced at Court, Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms” (Soho, London, c. 1797, p. 2)
F: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/9/9a/IMSLP655932-PMLP1052069-campbells12thboo00camp.pdf
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
V:1
f2|ec3a3e f2(B2B2)f2|ec3a3e f4 (f3g)|(ag)fe a3e fB3B3g|{gb}a3fe3c A4 A2:|
|:B2|AA3c3A BF3F3B|AA3AA3 a3ef3a|ea3c3a BF3Fg3|(ag)fe a2c2A4A2:|
V:2 clef = bass
z2|[A,,4C,4E,4A,4][A,,4C,4E,4A,4] A,,4B,,4|[A,,4C,4E,4A,4]A,,4 [A,,4D,4][A,,4D,4]|[A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4][B,,4B,4]| [A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4] [A,,6A,6]:|
|:z2|[A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4][B,,4B,4][B,,4B,4]| [A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4]| [A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4][B,,4B,4][B,,4B,4]| [A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4] [A,,4A,4][A,,2A,2]:|
X: 1
T:Neil Gow's Strathspey [1] - with additions by Nath. Gow
C:
S: Nathaniel Gow: Neil Gow's Strathspey (ca.1796-1801)
L:1/8
M:C
K:A
f|e<c {c}a>e fB!trill!B>f|e<c {c}a>e f3g|a/g/f/e/ {g}a>e fB!trill!B>g|{fg}a>f ec A2A:|
E|[CA]<[CA] {AB}c>A BF!trill!F>B|[CA]<[CA] [CA]<[CA] {g}a>e fa|eacA BF !trill!Ff/g/|a/g/f/e/ {g}a>c A2 AE|
[CA]<[CA] [CA]<[CA] BF!trill!F>B|(3[CA][CA][CA] (3Ace {g}a>efa|eaca BF Ff/g/|(a/g/f/e/) {g}a>c A2 A|]
X:1
T:Neil [sic] Gow’s Strathspey [1]
C:Duncan Macintyre
M:C
L:1/16
R:Strathspey
B:Robert Petrie – Third Collection of Strathspey Reels (p. 19)
N:Dedicated to Francis Garden Esq. Junior of Troup by
N:Robert Petrie at Kirkmichael.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
f2|ec3a3e f2B2B2f2|ec3a3e f4 f2g2|agfe a2e2 f2B2B2g2|a3fec3 A4A2:|
B2|AA3cA3 BF3FB3|AA3AA3 a3efa3|ea3cA3 B2F2F3g|a3fec3 A4A2c2|
AA3cA3 BF3FB3|(3A2A2A2 (3A2A2A2 a3efa3|efga fedc BF3Fg3|(agaf) (edcB) A4A2||
X:1
T:Neil Gowagh
T:Niel Gow’s Strathspey [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:Parts reversed from "Niel Gow's Strathspey"
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 192, p. 41)
B:http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=40&z=-149.2816%2C220.105%2C3411.0452%2C1476.2303
N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from
N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
A2 cA BFFB|AAce fefa|faef ecAc|afec AA/A/ A2:|
ecae fddf|ecae f2 fa|ecae fddf|afec AA/A/ A2|
ecae fddf|ecae f2 fg|agfe aece|afec AA/A/ A2||
X:2
T:Niel Gow's Strathspey [1]
M:C
L:1/16
R:Strathspey
S:MacDonald - Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
f2 | ec3a2e2 fB3 B3f | ec3 a3e f4 (f2g2) | agfe a3e fB3 B3g | a3f ec3 A4A2 :|
|: E2 | AA3 c3A BF3 ~F3B | AA3 c3e a3e fa3 | e3a ca3 BF3 ~F3g | agfe ac3 A4A2 :|]
X: 1
T:Neil Gow's Strathspey [1]
C:Duncan Macintyre
B:J. Kenyon Lees - Balmoral Reel Book (Glasgow, 1910, p. 12)
L:1/8
M:C
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
R:Strathspey
K:A
|:f|(e<c) a>e (f<B)B>f|(e<c)a>e f2 f>g|(a/g/f/e/) a>e (f<B)B>g|a>f (e<c) A2 A:|
|:E|A<A c>A (B<F) F>B|A<Ac>e a>e(f<a)|e>a(c<a) (B>F)F>g|(a/g/f/e/) a<c A2 A:|