Source of Spey (The)

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 Theme code Index    3b13b5 7b53b5
 Also known as    Madhair Spea
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Lachlan MacPherson
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    E
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    SCOTLAND(Highland)
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Simon Fraser
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 36
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1822
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X:1 T: Source of the Spey (The) T: Madhair Spea S: Fraser - 1816 Collection M: C K: Emin B|G<E !trill!E2 G>A B<e|d<B!trill!B>A G>A B<e|G<E !trill!E2 G>A B<e|d<B!trill!B>^G A2 A:| B|e>f{ef}g>e d>e B<e|d<Bg>e d>e B<g|e>f{ef}g>e d<eB<g|d<B!trill!B>^G A2 AB| e>f{ef}g>e d>e B<e|d<Bg>e d>e B<g|e<Bg<B a<B{ga}b>g|g<e!trill!d>B {B}A2 A|]


X:1 T:Source of Spey, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Laybourn - Köhlers' Violin Repository Book 2 (1881-1885, p. 190). Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin B|(G<E) E2 G>AB<e|(d<B)(B>A) G>AB<e|(G<E) E2 G>AB<e|(d<B)B>^G A2A:| B|(e>f)(g>e) d>eB<e|(d<B) (g>e) d>eB<e|(e>f) (g>e) d>eB<g|(d<B)B>^G A2 AB| (e>f)(g>e) d>eB<e|(d<B) (g>e) d>eB<g|(e<B) (g<B) (a<B) (b>g)|(g>e)dB A2A!D.C.!||


X:1 T:Source of Spey, The M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin B2|GE3 E4 G3A Be3|dB3 B3A G3A Be3|GE3 E4 G3A Be3|d3BB3^G A4A2:| B2|e3fg3e d3eB3e|d3Bg3e d3eB3g|e3fg3e de3Bg3|dB3 B3^G A4 A3B| e3fg3e d3e Be3|dB3g3e d3e Bg3|eB3gB3 aB3 b3a|g3ed3B A4A2||