Sir David Hunter Blair

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X:1 T:Sir David Hunter Blair M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Napier - Selection of Dances & Strathpseys (c. 1798) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F f2 cd cdcd|cf a2 cf a2|b2 ga gaga|gfef ge c2:| |:af Tf2 cfAc|FAcf eg g2|af Tf2 cfAc|FAcf ge f2:|]

X:1 T:Sir David Hunter Blair's Reel M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Nathaniel Gow - single sheet issue (1800) N:"German" Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F f2 Tc>d|Tc>d Tc>d|c>f a2|c>f a2|b2 Tg>a|Tg>a Tg>a|{a}g>fe>f|g>e c2:| |:af Tf2|cfAc|FA cf|e>g Tg2|a>f Tf2|cf Ac|FA cf |G>e Tf2:|]

X:1 T:Sir David Hunter Blair’s Reel C:David Hunter Blair M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:William Campbell – “Book 16th of Strathspey Reels, Waltz’s & Irish Jigs for the B:Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as Danced at Court, B:Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms” (Soho, London, 1801, p. 2) F: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/2/2d/IMSLP655934-PMLP1052069-strathspeyreelsw00camp.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F V:1 f2 [Ac]>[Bd] [Ac]>[Bd][Ac]>[Bd]|[Ac]>f [f2a2][Ac]>f [f2a2]|[g2b2] [eg]>[fa] [eg]>[fa][eg]>[fa]|{a}[eg]>[df][ce]>[df] [eg]>e c2:| |:a>f Tf2 cfAc|FAcf e>g Tg2|a>f Tf2 cfAc|FAcf g>e Tf2:| V:2 clef = bass F,,2F,2F,2F,2|F,,2F,2F,,2F,2|C,2[C,2C2][C,2C2][C,2C2]|C,2C2C,2C2:| |:F,2A,2A,2F,2|A,2F,2C,2C,2|F,2A,2A,2F,2|F,2A,2[C,2C2]F,2:|

X:1 T:Sir David Hunter Blair M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Robert Mackintosh – “A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels, also some Famous old Reels” (1804, p. 24) N:Dedicated to the Dutchess [sic] of Manchester N:Robert “Red Rob” Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808) was a Scottish violinist and N:composer active in Edinburgh at the end of the 18th century. Originally from N:Tullymet, near Pitlochry, Perthshire. He moved to London in the last decade N:of his life. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F f4 c3d c3dc3d|c2e2 a4 c2f2 a4|b4 f3a g3ag3a|g2f2e2f2 g2e2 c4:| |:a2f2 T(f2ef) c2f2A2c2|F2A2c2f2 e2g2 T(g2fg)|a2f2 T(f2ef) c2f2A2c2|F2A2c2f2 g2e2 f4:|]

X:1 T:Sir David Hunter Blair's Reel L:1/8 M:C B:Button & Whitaker’s Selection of Dances, Reels, Waltzes No. 1 B:(undated, early 19th century) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F f2 cd cdcd|cf a2 cf a2|b2 ga gaga|gfef ge c2:| |:af f2 cA A2|FAcf eg g2|af f2 cA A2|Acfa ge f2:|]

X:27 T:Sir David Reel. WCa.27 T:AKA - "Sir David Hunter Blair" M:C L:1/8 Q:1/2=80 S:Wm. Calvert MS, 1812, Leyburn, Yorks. R:Reel O:England A:Yorkshire, N N:Each note is accompanied by the violin fingering..CGP.. Z:vmp.Chris Partington, May 2003 B:Village Music project, Calvert, William K:D major d2A>B A>B A>B|A>df2A>df2|g2e>f e>f e>f|e>d c>e e>cA2:|! |:f>dd2GdFA|DFBd cee2|f>dd2AdFA|DFAc e>cd2:| W:Accompanied by fiddle fingering in MS.

X:2 T:Sir David Hunter Blair M:C L:1/8 R:Country Dance Q:"Allegro" B:Thomas Wilson - A Companion to the Ball Room (London, 1816, p. 94) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C c2 G>A G>AG>A|G>c e2 G>c e2|f2 d>e d>ed>e|d>cB>c d>B G2:| |:ec c2 GcEG|CEGc Bd d2|ec c2GcEG|CEGc dB c2:|]

X:1 T:Sir David Hunter Blair's Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 22) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 444) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G {f}g2 {d}e2 d>ed>e|d>g b2 d>gb2|c'2 a>b a>ba>b|a>gf>g a>f d2:| |:bg Tg2 dgB>d|G>Bd>g fa a2|bg Tg2 d>gB>d|G>Bd>g af g2||

X:1 T:Sir David Hunter Blair M:C L:1/8 B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of his N:ms. is English. His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had N: possibly been in the possession of his descendants until the N:mid-20th cent. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F f2 c>d c>d c>d|c>f a2 c>f a2|b2 g>a g>a g>a|g>f e>f g>e c2:| |:a>f~f2 cf Ac|FA cf e>g ~g2|a>f ~f2 cf Ac|FA cf g>e f2:|]

X:156 T:Blair's Reel. RHu.152 B:R.Hughes MS,1823,Whitchurch,Shrops. A:Whitchurch, Shropshire Z:Tony Weatherall 2006 M:C L:1/8 Q:1/2=100 R:Reel K:G g2 d>e d>e d>e|d>g b2d>g b2|c'2 a>b a>b a>b|a>g f>g a>f d2:| |:b>g f>g d>gB>d|G>B d>g f>a a2|bg fg dg Bd|GB dg bg g2:|

X:3 T:Sir David Hunter Blair M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Surenne – Dance Music of Scotland, p. 8 (1852) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G g2d>e d>ed>e | d>gb2 d>gb2 | c'2a>b a>ba>b | a>gf>g a>fd2 | g2d>e d>ed>e | d>gb2 d>gb2 | c'2 a>b a>ba>b | a>gf>g a>f d2 || b>gg2 dgBd | GBdg fa a2 | b>g {a/g/f/}g2 dgBd | GBdg af g2 | b>gg2 dgBd | GBdg fa a2 | b>g {a/g/f/}g2 dgBd | GBdg af g2 ||

X:1 T:Sir David Hunter Blair’s Reel M:2/4 L:1/8 N:”German air” (?) B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 2 (1854, p. 103) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F f2 Tc>d|c>dc>d|c>f a2|c>f a2|b2 Tg>a|Tg>aTg>a|{a}g>fe>f|g>e c2:| |:a>f f2|cfAc|FAcf|e>g Tg2|a>f Tf2|cfAc|FAcf|g>e Tf2:|]

X:228 T:Sir David Hunted Blaise O:No 228 Wm Clarke of Feltwell Z:Transcribed by M Humphreys May 2010 M:C L:1/8 K:C B2 (de) (de) (de)|dg b2 dg b2|c'2 ab abab| agfg af d2:||/!

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X:1 T:Sir David Hunter Blair Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Elias Howe – Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882, p. 635) B: http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c7/IMSLP601433-PMLP562790-ONeill_Rare_Medium_M40_M8_v6.7_text.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|d2 AB ABAB|Ad f2 Adfa|g2 ef efef|edcd ec A2| d2 AB ABAB|Ad f2 Adfa|g2 ef efef|edcd efga:| |:fdd/c/d AdFA|DFAd cdeg|fdd/c/d AdFA|DFAd fd d2| fd d2 AdFA|DFAd cdeg|fdd/c/d AdFA|DFAd fd d2:|]

X:1 T:Sir David Hunter Blair’s Reel M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 37, p. 7) B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=6&z=-112.2439%2C232.5084%2C3516.6742%2C1230.1919 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:D d2 A/A/A ABAB|Ad f2 Ad f2|g2 e/e/e efef|edcd ec A2:| fddB AGFE|DddB cd e2|eddB AGFE|Ddcd ec d2| fddB AGFE|DddB cd e2|fg/a/ ec dABG|FA Bc/d/ ec d2||

X:4 T:Sir David Hunter Blair M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F a|~f2 cd cdcd|cf a2 cf a2|b2 ga gaga|gfef ge c:| |:g|af ~f2 cfAc|FAcf eg ~g2|af ~f2 cfAc|FAcf ge ~f:|

X:1 T:Sir David Hunter Blaine's [sic] Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Rev. Luke Donnellan's music manuscript collection (c. 1909, Oriel B:region, south Ulster) K:D d2 AB ABAB|Ad f2 Adf2|g2 ...