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Theme code Index
1H53b5 2424
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
Scotland
Genre/Style
Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
C
Accidental
3 flats
Mode
Aeolian (minor)
Time signature
2/2
History
Structure
AB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:John Gow
Book/Manuscript title
Book:A Favorite Collection of Slow Airs Strathspeys and Reels
Tune and/or Page number
p. 25
Year of publication/Date of MS
c. 1804
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score (1 )
X:1
T:Orkneys, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:John Gow – A Favorite Collection of Slow Airs,
B:Strathspeys and Reels (London, c. 1804, p. 25)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Cmin
G|c/c/c Gc ECGE|DBFB DB,FD|(E/D/E/F/ G)c =Bdfa|gefd eccG|
c/c/c Gc ECGE|DBFB DB,FD|ECEc =BGaf|(gf/e/) (fe/d/) ecc||
g|(edc).g fgeg|dBfd afdB|(edc).g fgeg|G=Bdf eccd|
e/(d/c/=B/ c).g fgeg|dBfd bfdB|ceGc FADF|=B,DG,G ECC||