Annotation:Mrs. Colonel Grant's Strathspey
X:1 T:Mrs. Col. Grant of Grant’s Strathspey M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, p. 5) N:The volume may have originally been issued c. 1790, according to a penciled N:note in one of the copies. N:The collection was dedicated to Mrs. Col. Grant of Grant (“Sir James and N:Lady Grant of Grant”). S: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105813881 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Eb c2|BG3e3G {G}F4 Fc3|BG3e3G B3GBc3|BG3e3G {G}F4 FG3|E3B,C3B, {A,}E4E2:| g2|e3Beg3 {g}f4 fg3|e3Be3g e3gb3g|e3Be3g {g}f4 fg3|e3c{c}B3G {G}E4 Eg3| e3Be3g {g}f4 fg3|e3Be3g e3fg3e|f3de3G {G}F4 FG3|E3B,C3B, {B,}E4E2||
MRS. COLONEL GRANT OF GRANT'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mrs. Colonel Grant of Grant's Strathspey" was composed by Elgin fiddler-composer and dancing master Donald Grant (c.1760 – c.1835), who dedicated his c. 1790 collection to her. Mrs. Grant, of Castle Grant. See also his companion tune "Mrs. Grant of Grant's Reel."
