Light and Airy (1)
X:1 T:Light and Airy [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Robert Ross – Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances B:& Strathspeys (Edinburgh, 1780, p. 13) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F c3 AcA|FAc fcA|c3 AcA|G2A B2d| c3 AcA|FAc fcA|BgB AfA|G2A B2d:| |:(f>g)f fcA|(f>g)f fag|(f>g)f fcA|G2A B2d| faf gbg|faf ege|fed cBA|G2A B2d:| |:cAF (.F2.A)|cAF Acf|cAF (.F2.A)|G2A B2d| cAF FAc|fed cBA|BgB AfA|G2A B2d:|]
X:1
T:Light and Airy [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Robert Mackintosh – “A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels, also some Famous old Reels” (1804, p. 26)
N:Dedicated to the Dutchess [sic] of Manchester
N:Robert “Red Rob” Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808) was a Scottish violinist and
N:composer active in Edinburgh at the end of the 18th century. Originally from
N:Tullymet, near Pitlochry, Perthshire. He moved to London in the last decade
N:of his life.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
c3 AcA|FAc fcA|c3 AcA|G2A B2d|
c3 AcA |FAc fcA|BgB AfA|G2A B2d:|
|:fgf fcA|fgf fag|fgf fcA|G2A B2d|
faf gbg |faf ege|fed cBA|G2A B2d:|]
X:1
T:Light and Airy [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Neil Gow & Sons Complete Repository, Edinburgh 1805
Z:Paul Kinder
K:G
d3 BdB|GBd gdB|d3 BdB|A2 B c2 e|
d3 BdB|GBd gdB|cac BgB|A2 B c2 e:|
|:gag gdB|gag gba|gag gdB|A2 B c2 e|
gbg ac'a|gbg faf|g>fe d>cB|A2 B c2 e:|
|:dBG G2 B|dBG Bdg|dBG G2 B|A2 B c2 e|
dBG GBd|g>fe dcB|cac BgB|A2 B c2 e:||
X:2
T:Light and Arie [1]
S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/11/04
N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 19
% Gore's Index gives earliest publication as John Hamilton's
% "A Choice Coll of Scots Reels, or C.C. & Str." N.D.; Petrie's may be older
L:1/8
M:6/8
R:Jig
K:F
d|:c3 AcA|FAc fcA|c3 AcA|G2A B2d|
c3 AcA|FAc fcA|BgB AfA|G2A B2d:|
|:fgf fcA|fgf fag|fgf fcA|G2A B2d|
faf gbg|faf ege|fed cBA|G2A B2d:|
|:cAF FAF|cAF Acf|cAF FAF|G2A B2d|
cAF FAc|fed cBA|BgB AfA|G2A B2d:|
|:fgf fcA|fgf fag|fgf fcA|G2A B2d|
faf gbg|faf ege|fdf cAF|G2A B2d:||
X:1
T:Light and Airy [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
M:AABBAACC order
B:A Companion to the reticule (1833, p. 11)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
Tc3 AcA|FAc fcA|Tc3 AcA|TG2A TB2d|
Tc3 AcA|FAc fcA|BgB AfA|TG2A TB2d||
Tf>gf fcA|fgf fag|Tf>gf fcA|TG2A TB2d|
faf gbg|faf ege|Tf>ed Tc>BA|TG2A TB2dO||
cAF TF2A|cAF Acf|cAF TF2A|TG2A TB2d|
cAF FAc|Tf>ed cB>A|BgB AfA|TG2A TB2d!Fine!||
X:1
T:Light and Airy [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Davie's Caledonian Repository, vol. 3 (n.d., p. 101)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
c3 AcA|FAc fcA|c3 AcA\G2A B2d|
c3 AcA|FAc fcA|BdB AcA|G2A B2d:|
|:f>gf fcA|fgf fag|fgf fcA|G2A B2c|
far gbg|faf ege|fed cBA|G2A B2d:|
|:cAF ~F2d|cAF Acf|cAF FAF|G2 A B2d|
cAF FAc|fed cBA|BgB AfA|G2A B2d:|]