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 Theme code Index    5551 5642
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Niel & Nathaniel Gow
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Second Collection of Niel Gow's Reels
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 3
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1788
 Artist    
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Sir James Baird's M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey S:Gow – 2nd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (1788) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B/c/|d<G d>B Td2 GB/c/|d>d (e/d/)c/B/ cA AB/c/|dGB<g A<gG<g|d>B {c}BA/G/ DGG:|| e|Td>eg>a (g/a/b/a/) g2|gG {e}dc/B/ e<A e2|~d>e~g>a (g/a/b/a/) g2|dG {c}BA/G/ DGGe| ~d>e~g>a (g/a/b/a/) gd/c/|Bg {e}dc/B/ [DA>]B {d}cB/A/|BGdB dg/f/ ec|d>G {c}BA/G/ DGG||


X: 1 T: SIR JAMES BAIRD'S STRATHSPEY Q: "Slowish" R: strathspey B: "Edinburgh Repository of Music" v.1 p.38 #1 F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87776133 Z: 2015 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: C L: 1/16 F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/ERM/10381_Sir_James_Bairds_Strathspey.abc K: G Bc |\ dG3d3B Td4 G2Bc | d3d (edc)B c2A2 A2Bc |\ d2G2Bg3 | Ag3 Gg3 | d3G {c}B2AG D2G2G2 :| e2 |\ Td3eg3a (gaba) g4 | g2G2 {e}d2cB eA3 e4 |\ (d3e)~g3a (gaba) g4 | d2G2 {c}B2AG D2G2G2e2 | ~d3e~g3a gaba g2dc | B2g2 {e}d2cB A3B {d}c2BA |\ B2G2d2B2 d2gf e2c2 | d3G {c}B2AG D2G2G2 |]