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'''JAMES WATT'S STRATHSPEY'''. Scottish, Strathspey. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The title refers probably to James Watt of Pennan, 1832-1909, a | '''JAMES WATT'S STRATHSPEY'''. Scottish, Strathspey. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The title refers probably to James Watt of Pennan, 1832-1909, the son of a Pennan fisherman. A fiddler and fiddle maker and a sailor who later became teacher at Pennan School. See also the companion "[[James Watt's Reel]]" and Watt's composition "[[Pennan Den]]." | ||
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Revision as of 04:57, 4 February 2012
Tune properties and standard notation
JAMES WATT'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The title refers probably to James Watt of Pennan, 1832-1909, the son of a Pennan fisherman. A fiddler and fiddle maker and a sailor who later became teacher at Pennan School. See also the companion "James Watt's Reel" and Watt's composition "Pennan Den."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; p. 32. Lerwick (The Kilted Fiddler), 1985; pp. 30-31.
Recorded sources: