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5L121 1321
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
Scotland
Genre/Style
Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Strathspey
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
Structure
AABBCCDD
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Niel Gow
Book/Manuscript title
Book:First Collection of Niel Gow's Reels
Tune and/or Page number
pp. 28-29
Year of publication/Date of MS
1784
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score
X:1
T:Duke of Argyle's Strathspey, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
N:"A very old tune"
N:"Very slow, with expression"
S:Gow - First Collection of Niel Gow's Reels (1784, revised 1801), p. 28
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
(A,2D2) !trill!E>D D>E|D2 {DE}F>D ~E>D D2|!trill!F2 {F}G>F {F}E>D {D}C>B,|.A,.D.A,.D !trill!E>D D2:|
|:A,2!trill!d2 (e>d) (d>B)|c>A GE (FD) !trill!^C>B,|A,2!trill!d2 ed d>=c|(A<=c) (G<c) !trill!E>D D2:|
|:A,2!trill!d2 ed d>e|A2 =c>G ~[Gc>]d (=f/e/)d/^c/|~d>e =f>g {f}ed de|(Ad) (.d.d) {f}e>d d2:|
|:A,2!trill!d2 (e<d) (d>B)|{B}=c>A GE (F>D) !trill!^C>B,|A,2!trill!d2 e>d d>=c|(A<=c) G>c !trill!E>D D2:||
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