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Theme code Index
5L353 5L36L2
Also known as
Duchess' Slippers (The) , Duchess's Slippers , Duchess of Atholl's Slipper (The) , Dutchess' Slipper
Composer/Core Source
Region
Canada, England, Scotland
Genre/Style
Cape Breton/PEI, Northumbrian/Borders, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double), Strathspey
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
ENGLAND(North East), ENGLAND(North West), CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure
AAB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:James Aird
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 4
Tune and/or Page number
No. 151, p. 57
Year of publication/Date of MS
1796
Artist
Biography:Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Beltona BL2128 (78 RPM)
Year recorded
1936
Media
Score
Duchesse's Slippers (The): Annotations
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T:Dutchess' Slipper
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4 (1796, No. 151, p. 57)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
DGBG d<GB<G|DGBG E<A TA2|DGBG dGB<g|{e}d>cBA G<G G2:||
d<g Tg2 dgbg|agbg ea Ta2|d<g Tg2 dgbg|agbg ea Ta2|
d<g g2 dgbg|agbg ea Ta2|g<be<g d<gB<g|{e}d>cBA G<G G2||
X:1
%
T:Duchess' Slipper, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 4)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B|:OD<G(B>G) (d>G)B>G|D<GB>G D<A A2|D<G(B>G) (d>G)B<g|
{e}d>cB>A G<G G2:|d<g ~g2 (d>g)b>g|a>gb>g e<a a2|
d<g~g2 (d>g)b>g|a>gb>g d<g ~g2|(d<g) g2 (d>g)b>g|
a>gb>g e<a ~a2|(g>b)(e>g) (d>g)(B>g)|d>cB>A G<G G2O||
X:2
%
T:Duchess' Slipper, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
K:G
B|D<G B>G d>GB>G|D<G B>G E<A A2|D<G B>G d>G B<g|d>cB>A G<G G2:|
d<g ~g2 d>gb>g|a>gb>g e<a ~a2|d<g ~g2 d>gb>g|a>gb>g d<g ~g2|
d<g ~g2 d>gb>g|a>gb>g e<a ~a2|g>be>g d>gB>g|d>cB>A G<G G2||
Duchesse's Slippers (The): Annotations
