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RASAY’S FAVORITE. Scottish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. “Very Old,” states Gow (1817), who noted that the reel “May be played slow when not danced.” The tune was "Communicated by himself," referring to MacLeod of Raasay, laird of the island of Raasay in the western isles. The laird at the time, a contemporary of Nathaniel Gow, was Lt.-Col. James MacLeod (1761-1823), 12th of Raasay, the son of the laird who had entertained Boswell and Johnson in 1773 (see note for "annotation:Rasay House").

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Gow (Complete Repository, Part 4), 1817; p. 36.

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+'''RASAY’S FAVORITE.''' Scottish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. “Very Old,” states Gow (1817), who noted that the reel “May be played slow when not danced.” The tune was "Communicated by himself," referring to MacLeod of Raasay, laird of the island of Raasay in the western isles. The laird at the time, a contemporary of Nathaniel Gow, was Lt.-Col. James MacLeod (1761-1823), 12th of Raasay, the son of the laird who had entertained Boswell and Johnson in 1773 (see note for "[[annotation:Rasay House]]").
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