Annotation:Drum House

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DRUM HOUSE. AKA - "Mr. Hay's Favorite." Scottish, March (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831). The House of Drum, Edinburgh, was designed and built in 1725 by architect William Adam, for James, 12th Lord Somerville. incorporating part of an older structure built in 1584 by John Milne. It boasted Scotland's first venetian window.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; p. 24.

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Tune properties and standard notation