Annotation:Highland Chieftain (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
HIGHLAND CHIEFTAN, THE. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), third son of Niel Gow of Inver.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 71. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1792; p. 1 (3rd ed.). Jones [ed]. (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; p. 2.
Recorded sources: