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'''NIVEN'S SCOTS MEASURE.''' AKA - "Mary's Dream." Scottish, Reel (cut time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears to be unique to Glasgow publisher James Aird's '''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3''' (1788). The alternate title, "Mary's Dream," usually refers to a very popular | '''NIVEN'S SCOTS MEASURE.''' AKA - "Mary's Dream." Scottish, Reel (cut time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears to be unique to Glasgow publisher James Aird's '''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3''' (1788). The alternate title, "Mary's Dream," usually refers to a very popular major-mode air from the same period, for which see "[[Mary's Dream (1)]]." That tune was also printed by Aird in his '''Selection, vol. 5'''. | ||
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NIVEN'S SCOTS MEASURE. AKA - "Mary's Dream." Scottish, Reel (cut time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears to be unique to Glasgow publisher James Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (1788). The alternate title, "Mary's Dream," usually refers to a very popular major-mode air from the same period, for which see "Mary's Dream (1)." That tune was also printed by Aird in his Selection, vol. 5.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3), Glasgow, 1788; No. 180, p. 185.
Recorded sources: