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'''MR. THOMAS FORBES'''. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. | |f_annotation='''MR. THOMAS FORBES'''. Scottish, Strathspey or Reel (cut time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. Thomas Forbes" was composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer and Scottish dancing master [[wikipedia:James_Scott_Skinner]] (1943–1927), who indicated in his '''Miller o' Hirn Collection''' (1881) that it could be played as either a strathspey or reel. Mid-20th century Cape Breton fiddler Winston Fitzgerald’s version mixed the tonality between minor and major. In 1987, Paul Cranford (writing in '''Cape Breton's Magazine''') said the tune was not often played by Cape Breton fiddlers. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Winston Fitzgerald (1914–1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford] (from a 1970 tape of the fiddler, with Lewis MacIntyre on guitar—Fitzgerald played it following "[[Coilsfield House]]"). | |||
|f_printed_sources=''Cape Breton's Magazine'', No. 46, 1987; p. 19. | |||
''Cape Breton's Magazine'', No. 46, 1987; p. 19. | |||
Cranford ('''Winston Fitzgerald: A Collection of Fiddle Tunes'''), 1997; No. 164, p. 65. | Cranford ('''Winston Fitzgerald: A Collection of Fiddle Tunes'''), 1997; No. 164, p. 65. | ||
MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 132. | MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 132. | ||
Skinner ('''The Miller | Skinner ('''The Miller o' Hirn'''), 1881; No. 117, p. 60. | ||
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MR. THOMAS FORBES. Scottish, Strathspey or Reel (cut time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. Thomas Forbes" was composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer and Scottish dancing master wikipedia:James_Scott_Skinner (1943–1927), who indicated in his Miller o' Hirn Collection (1881) that it could be played as either a strathspey or reel. Mid-20th century Cape Breton fiddler Winston Fitzgerald’s version mixed the tonality between minor and major. In 1987, Paul Cranford (writing in Cape Breton's Magazine) said the tune was not often played by Cape Breton fiddlers.
