Lady Shaftesbury

Tune annotations

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X:1
T:Lady Shaftsbury's Strathspey
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
C:Nathiel Gow
B:Gow - 3rd Collection of Niel Gow's Reels, 3rd ed., p. 15  (orig. 1792)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Eb
G/F/|EB,G,B,|T E>FGc|BGTF>E|DFFG/F/|.D.B,.G,.B,|TE>FGc|
BGTF>G|E3:||B|(ed).c.B|{d}e2 E>c|BGTF>E|DFFB|
(ed).c.B|{d}e2 E>c|BGTF>G|E3 B|(ed)cB|T(B/=A/B/).c/ T(d/c/d/).e/|
fFFF|TF>GAc|TB>cBG|{G}TFEFG|E/(F/G/)F/ EB,|E3||

X:2
T:Lady Shaftsbury's Delight
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Preston's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1793
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
(A/G/)|F>CB,>C F>GA>d|cAGF E G2 A/G/|F>CA,>C FGAd|cAGA F3:||
c|(fe)(dc) {e}f2 Fd|cAGF E G2c|fedc {e}f2 Fd|cAGA F3c|
fedc cdef|gGGG GABd|c>dcA GFGA|FA/G/ FC F3||

X:3
T:Lady Shaftsberry’s Reel
M:C
L:1/8
B:Tracy’s Selection of the present Favorite Country Dances (Dublin, 179?)
N:Tracy was a dancing master in Dublin
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Eb
G/F/|E>B,G,>B, E>FG>c|B>E GF/E/ D>FF>G|E>B,G,>B, E>FG>c|B>GF>G EE/E/ E:|
d|e>dd>B e2 Ec|B>E GF/E/ D<FF<d|e>dc>B e2 Ec|B>GF>G EE/E/ Ed|
e>dd>B B>dd>e|fFFF F>GA>c|B>cB>G F>EF>G|E>FE>C B,>G, E||

X:1
T:Lady Shaftsbury’s Stathspey
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 
B:(Glasgow, 1797, No. 52, p. 21)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f/e/|dAFA|d>e(fb)|afed|cee f/e/|dAFA|d>efb|
a<fe>f|d3::a|d'c'ba|{c'}d'2 db|afed|ceea|
d'c'ba|{c'}d'2 db|a>fe>f|d3a|d'c'ba|{c'}d'2 db|
afed|ceef/e/|dAB<d|A,dBb|a>fe>f|d3||

X:4
T:Lady Shartesbury's Reel 
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Thomas Wilson - A Companion to the Ball Room (1816, p. 61)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
d/c/|BFDF|B>cdg|fd e/d/c/B/|Ac cd/c/|
BFDF|B>cdg|fdc>d|B2 B:|
|:f|bagf|b2 Bg|fdc>B|Accf|
bagf|b2 Bg|fdc>d|B2 Bf|
bagf|f/e/f/g/ a/g/a/b/|c'ccc|cdeg|
f>gfd|cBcd|B/c/d/c/ BB|B3||

X:5
T:Lady Shaftesbury
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Eb
G/F/|E<B, G,>B, E>F G<c|B<G F>E D<F FG/F/|E<B, G,>B, E>F G<c| B<G F>G E3:|
B|e>dc>B e2 E>c|B>GF>E D<F F>B|e>dc>B e2 E>c|B<G F>G E3B|
e>dc>B B/=A/B/c/ d/c/d/e/|f<F F>G F>GB>c|B>c B<G F>E F<G| E/F/G/F/ E>B, E3|| 

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