Duke of Gordon's Birthday (The)

Tune annotations

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X:1
T:Duke of Gordon’s Birth Day
M:G
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4 (1796, No.  1, p. 1)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>DG<B G>DG<B|d<Bg>B A/A/A A2|G<DG<B G<DG<B|d>cB>A G/G/G G2:|
|:[G,DBg]a b>g d/d/d d2|[G,DBga b>g e/e/e e2|g<b e<g d<b B<g|TA>GA<B G/G/G G2:||

X:2
T:Duke of Gordon's Birthday
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Pipe Strathspey
S:Robert Millar music manuscript collection (1820)
S:"As played by J. Buchannan Piper to the Marquis of Huntly"
N:Millar was a Highland piper "Forfar Reg. and Piper to the Aberdeen Highland Society"
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
A>AA>c A>AA>c|e>ca>c B>B B2|A>AA>c A>AA>c|e>dc>B A>A A2:|
|:a>ca>c e>e e>f|a>ga>e f>f f2|a2 f<a e<a c>A|TB>AB>c A>A A2|
a>ca>c e>e e>f|a>ga>e f>f Tf2|a2 f<a e<a c<a|B>AB>c A<A A2:||

X:3
T:Duke of Gordon's Birthday, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection   (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
B|G>DG>B G>D G<B|d>Bd>B A/A/A A>B|G>DG>B G>DG>B|
|1 d>cB>A G/G/G G:|2 D>CB,>A, G,/G,/G, G||:d|g>ab>g d/d/d d2|
g>ab>g e/e/e e>f|g<be<g d<gB<g|A>GA>B G/G/G G:|
|:D|G>DG>D G>DG>B|d>Bg>B A/A/A AB/A/|G>EG>B G>D E/E/E| D>CB,>A, G,/G,/G, G,:||

X:1
T:Duke of Gordon (2)
M:C
L:1/8
R:Highland Fling
B:Lees - The Balmoral Reel Book (c. 1910, p. 17)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
|:G>DG>B G>DG>B|(d<B) g>B A<A A2|D>GD>B G>DG>B|D>C B,>A, G,<G, G,2:|
|:g>g b>g d<d d2|g<gb>g e<e e>f|(g<b) (e<g) (d<g) (B<g)|G>AG>B G<G [G,2G2]:|

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