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CLUNY CASTLE (INVERNESS-SHIRE). Scottish, Slow Strathspey or Pastoral Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Alexander Troup (b. 1835) of Dalbadgie near Ballater. The melody first appears the collection of Scottish fiddler-composer James Scott Skinner (1843-1927) entitled Harp and Claymore, published in 1904.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; p. 14 (includes variations). Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 16. Skinner (Harp and Claymore Collection), 1904; p. 15.

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