Annotation:Earl of Elgin's Favorite
Tune properties and standard notation
EARL OF ELGIN'S FAVORITE. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831) in the relatively rare key (for British Isles fiddle tunes) of E Major.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 50. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1792; p. 5 (3rd ed.).
Recorded sources: