Annotation:Miss Eliza Low's High Dance
X:1 T:Miss Eliza Low’s High Dance M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Q:”Andante” N:Play AABBCCBB. B:Archibald Duff – A Choice Selection of Minuets, Favourite Airs, Hornpipes, Waltzs &c. B:Book First (Edinburgh, c. 1812, p. 19) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105810922 N:Archibald Duff (c. 1770-c. 1840?) was a musician (along with his brother Charles) and dancing N:master, of Montrose and Aberdeen, and is recorded as being a Professor of Music residing at N:Clayills Cottage, Aberdeen in 1837. N:The volume is dedicated to Lady Mary Ramsay of Balmain Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Eb B|B>cB (ed).c|(cB)B B2A|Gbe BGE|GFF F2B| B>cB e>dc|cB.B B2A|Gbe G>AF|E3 E2:| |:f|geB GEg|fdB FDf|{f}e2d {d}c2B|=ABc (F2{_AGF}E)| .D.F.B .E.G.c|.F.B.d =.A.c.e|d>ed c>Bc|BBB B2:| |:B,|E>.E-E E2F|G<.G.G G2A|B>cB BAG|(GF).F F2B,| E<E-E E2F|G<.G-G G2A|B>cA G>AF|E<.E-.E E2:|]
MISS ELIZA LOW'S HIGH DANCE. Scottish, Jig and Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. A "High Dance" was a new term for solo dancing in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Note contrast between Low (the person) and High (the dance).
