TIPSTAFF STRATHSPEY. AKA - "The Tipp Staf." Scottish, Strathspey (whole or cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The "Tipstaff Strathspey" appears in the 1790 collection by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler biography:Robert Petrie.
A manuscript version can be found as “The Tipp Staf” in the large 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom, unfortunately, nothing is known. Vickers’ version was entered without the dotted strathspey rhythms of Petrie's version. Another manuscript version was contained in London musician Thomas Hammersley's c. 1790 music copybook as simply "Tipstaff."
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Petrie (Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances), 1790; p. 3.
