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|f_annotation='''NIEL GOW'''. See also spellings "Neil Gow" and "Neal Gow." Gow himself insisted on the spelling 'Niel' for his name. | |||
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'''NIEL GOW'''. See also spellings "Neil Gow" and "Neal Gow." Gow himself insisted on the spelling 'Niel' for his name. | |||
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AKA – “Neil Gow," "[[Niel Gow's Reel (2)]].” AKA and see "Irish Jig", "[[Keep Your Country Bonnie Lasses]]" (Shetland) {?}, "[[Niel Gow's Strathspey]]." Scottish (originally), English; Strathspey. England, Northumberland. A Major (most versions): G Major (Peacock, Surenne): D Major (Gow). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Athole, Gow): AABB (Carlin/Gow, Honeyman, Kennedy, Kerr, Peacock). Composed by the most famous of Scots fiddler-composers, Niel Gow (1727-1807), Dunkeld, Perthshire. It is worth remembering Gow’s epitaph, inscribed on his gravestone: | AKA – “Neil Gow," "[[Niel Gow's Reel (2)]].” AKA and see "Irish Jig", "[[Keep Your Country Bonnie Lasses]]" (Shetland) {?}, "[[Niel Gow's Strathspey]]." Scottish (originally), English; Strathspey. England, Northumberland. A Major (most versions): G Major (Peacock, Surenne): D Major (Gow). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Athole, Gow): AABB (Carlin/Gow, Honeyman, Kennedy, Kerr, Peacock). Composed by the most famous of Scots fiddler-composers, Niel Gow (1727-1807), Dunkeld, Perthshire. It is worth remembering Gow’s epitaph, inscribed on his gravestone: | ||
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''Gow Beat Time and Time Beat Gow.''<br> | ''Gow Beat Time and Time Beat Gow.''<br> | ||
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|f_printed_sources=Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 482. Gow ('''Fourth Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels'''), 2nd ed., originally 1800; p. 36. Honeyman ('''Strathspey Reel and Hornpipe Tutor'''), 1898; p. 34. Kennedy ('''Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants'''), 1997; No. 149, p. 35. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 2'''), c. 1880's; No. 9, p. 4. Joseph Lowe ('''Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 1'''), 1844–1845; p. 2. Peacock ('''Favorite collection of tunes with variations adapted for the Northumberland small pipes violin or flute/Peacock’s Tunes'''), c. 1805; No. 7, p. 2. Stewart_Robertson ('''The Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 15. Surenne ('''Dance Music of Scotland'''), 1852; pp. 20-21. | |||
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Revision as of 04:29, 29 April 2021
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NIEL GOW. See also spellings "Neil Gow" and "Neal Gow." Gow himself insisted on the spelling 'Niel' for his name.
AKA – “Neil Gow," "Niel Gow's Reel (2).” AKA and see "Irish Jig", "Keep Your Country Bonnie Lasses" (Shetland) {?}, "Niel Gow's Strathspey." Scottish (originally), English; Strathspey. England, Northumberland. A Major (most versions): G Major (Peacock, Surenne): D Major (Gow). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Athole, Gow): AABB (Carlin/Gow, Honeyman, Kennedy, Kerr, Peacock). Composed by the most famous of Scots fiddler-composers, Niel Gow (1727-1807), Dunkeld, Perthshire. It is worth remembering Gow’s epitaph, inscribed on his gravestone:
Gow and Time are Even Now,
Gow Beat Time and Time Beat Gow.
