Annotation:Miss Melvel Dysart Reel
X:1 T:Miss Melvel Dysart Reel C:James Walker (1771-1840), Dysart M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:James Walker - A Second Collection of Reels, Strathspeys, Jigs, &c. (c. 1798, p. 4) N:Dedicated to Lady St Clair Erskine of Sinclair (Fife) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A E|A>Bc>A A<e Te2|A>Bc>B AFFA|E>FA>c d2 Tdf|f/e/d/c/ B/c/d/B/ cATA:| f|e<ca>c fdec|B>AB>c AFFA|E>FA>c d2 df|f/e/d/c/ B/c/d/B/ cAAf| e>ca>e f>de>c|B>AB>c A>FFB|A>Ec>A d>Be>c|f>ef>g a2A||
MISS MELVEL DYSART REEL. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Melvin Dysart Reel" was composed by biography:James Walker (1771-1840), a musician, fiddler-composer and music teacher of Dysart, Fife, Scotland. Walker dedicated his second collection to Lady St. Clair Erskine of Sinclair (née Harriet Bouverie), and his first collection to her spouse, wikipedia:James_St_Clair-Erskine,_2nd_Earl_of_Rosslyn (1762-1837), soldier, politician, and slave holder. The Melville family were anciently the holders of the old Barony of Dyart, although they had been in decline for some time prior to James Walker's publication and had sold most of the lands of the Dysart estate.
