Annotation:North Side of the Grampians

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NORTH SIDE OF THE GRAMPIONS, THE (Taobh-Tuath Man Garbh - bheann). AKA - "North of the Grampians." AKA and see "Back of the Grampians." Scottish, Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB (most versions): AABB' (Kerr). This tune and "John O'Groat's House" "form a medley, so popular on the north side of the Grampians as to rival any now current, being in sterling dance style" (Fraser). The tune is likely written by Capt. Simon Fraser, and was attributed to him in Joseph Lowe's mid-19th century collection. The Grampian Mountains are the highest mountains of Great Britain, extending northeast to southwest along the southern fringe of the Highlands in central Scotland. Ben Nevis (4,406 ft.) is the tallest peak.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1816; No. 194, pp. 80-81. Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1956; p. 57 (appears as "Back of the Grampian Hills"). Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 69. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2); No. 78, p. 11 (appears as "North of the Grampians"). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 109 (appears as "North of the Grampians"). Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 130, p. 170. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 55. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 61.

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