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'''HIGHLAND FAIR, THE'''. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Gow has "Lasses" in parenthesis with the title, so presumably "[[Highland Lasses]]" is an alternate title. "Old," notes Gow. | '''HIGHLAND FAIR, THE'''. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Gow has "Lasses" in parenthesis with the title, so presumably "[[Highland Lasses]]" is an alternate title. "Old," notes Gow. The Highland Fair is the name of a Scottish Country Dance, and there was a ballad opera called '''The Highland Fair''' (Mitchell, 1729). | ||
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Revision as of 19:07, 23 October 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
HIGHLAND FAIR, THE. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Gow has "Lasses" in parenthesis with the title, so presumably "Highland Lasses" is an alternate title. "Old," notes Gow. The Highland Fair is the name of a Scottish Country Dance, and there was a ballad opera called The Highland Fair (Mitchell, 1729).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Gow (Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1822; p. 33.
Recorded sources: