Annotation:Space and Compass
X:1 T:Space and Compass M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Ross – Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances B:& Strathspeys (Edinburgh, 1780, p. 4) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C C3(c c)GEG|F(DD)B/c/ def(d|c)GEG cdec|eaTgf .e(cc):| g|ecgc acgc|(fd)ad bdad|ecgc acgc|faTgf ecc(g| ec)gc acgc|fede (fga).f|AcBd cedf|eaTgf e(cc)|]
SPACE AND COMPASS. Scottish, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Masonic? John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert Ross's 1780 collection (p. 4).
