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HIGHLAND CHIEFTAN, THE. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), third son of Niel Gow of Inver.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796, No. 67, p. 27. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 71. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1792; p. 1 (3rd ed.). Jones [ed]. (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; p. 2.

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