Annotation:Sir John Scott's Favorite: Difference between revisions

Find traditional instrumental music
(Created page with "__NOABC__ <div class="noprint"> <p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]] </font></p> </div> ---- {{#lst:{{PAGENAME}}|abc}} ---- <div style="page-break...")
 
No edit summary
Line 10: Line 10:
<div style="text-align:justify;">
<div style="text-align:justify;">
{{break}}
{{break}}
'''SIR JOHN SCOTT'S FAVORITE.''' Scottish (originally Irish), Slip Jig (9/8 time). A Major (Gow): G Major (Kennedy). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Gow): AABBCCDD (Kennedy). Peter Kennedy’s third and fourth strains are the two strains that the Gows printed in their two-part version of the tune. The tune is identified as “Irish” in Gow’s '''3rd Collection''' (1792). Despite the Gow's assertion of Irish provenance, their title honors a Newcastle lawyer who rose to become Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, John Scott (1751-1838), 1st Earl of Eldon.  
'''SIR JOHN SCOTT'S FAVORITE.''' AKA and see "[[Munster Rake (The)]]." Scottish (originally Irish), Slip Jig (9/8 time). A Major (Gow): G Major (Kennedy). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Gow): AABBCCDD (Kennedy). Peter Kennedy’s third and fourth strains are the two strains that the Gows printed in their two-part version of the tune. The tune is identified as “Irish” in Gow’s '''3rd Collection''' (1792), and it is in fact a version of the Irish slip jig "[[Munster Rake (The)]].Despite the Irish provenance, the Gow's saw fit to change the title to honor a Newcastle lawyer who rose to become Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, John Scott (1751-1838), 1st Earl of Eldon.  
{{break|2}}
{{break|2}}
</div>
</div>

Revision as of 05:04, 19 October 2019


X:1 T:Sir John Scott’s Favorite M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Gow – 3rd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed., pp. 20-21 (orig. 1792) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A B|(a/b/c').a TB>AF FEF|(A/B/c).A BAF Td2f|ecA BAF {G}FEF|(A/B/c).A TB>AF A2:||f| ecA A>BA (f/g/a).f|ecA AcA TB2f|ecA A>BA (f/g/a).f|ecA B>TAF A2f| ecA AcA Tf>ga|ecA AcA TB2f|ecA ecA (f/g/a).f|ecA “tr”B>AF A3||



SIR JOHN SCOTT'S FAVORITE. AKA and see "Munster Rake (The)." Scottish (originally Irish), Slip Jig (9/8 time). A Major (Gow): G Major (Kennedy). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Gow): AABBCCDD (Kennedy). Peter Kennedy’s third and fourth strains are the two strains that the Gows printed in their two-part version of the tune. The tune is identified as “Irish” in Gow’s 3rd Collection (1792), and it is in fact a version of the Irish slip jig "Munster Rake (The)." Despite the Irish provenance, the Gow's saw fit to change the title to honor a Newcastle lawyer who rose to become Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, John Scott (1751-1838), 1st Earl of Eldon.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 4), 1796, No. 170, p. 64 Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 376. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1792; pp. 20-21 (3rd ed.). Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 76, p. 18.

Recorded sources: -



Back to Sir John Scott's Favorite