Annotation:Pas Seul (3)
X:1 T:Pas Seul [3] N:”Danced by Miss Frances Urquhart” M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Archibald Duff – A Choice Selection of Minuets, Favourite Airs, Hornpipes, Waltzs &c. B:Book First (Edinburgh, c. 1812, p. 10) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105810922 N:Archibald Duff (c. 1770-c. 1840?) was a musician (along with his brother Charles) and dancing N:master, of Montrose and Aberdeen, and is recorded as being a Professor of Music residing at N:Clayills Cottage, Aberdeen in 1837. N:The volume is dedicated to Lady Mary Ramsay of Balmain Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Eb B,|E2e G2e|E2B cBG|BGc BGE|(G<F)E C2D| E2e C2e|B,2d A,2c|B>cB AGF|(GF).E E2:| f|[e3g3][B3f3]|(ed).c c2d|eBG BGE|(GF).F F2f| [e3g3][B3f3]|(fg)=.a b2g|fdg fdB|(dc).B B2 (e/f/)| [e3g3][B3f3]|(ed).c c2d|eBG BGE|GFE C2D| (Ee).e (Ce).e|(B,d).d (A,c).c|B>cB AGF|GF.E E2||
PAS SEUL [3]. Scottish(?), Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Pas Seul [3]" was printed in Montrose and Aberdeen dancing master and musician biography:Archibald Duff's Choice Selection (c. 1812). Duff had several "Pas Seul" tunes -- actually sets of three melodies-- in his collection along with names of what probably were his dance students. The title for "Pas Seul [3]" records that it was "Danced by Miss Frances Urquhart."
