Annotation:Rosabell

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X:1 T:Rosabell M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey C:Miss Murray of Auchtertyre Q:"Very slow. With much expression." B:Gow – Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1809) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C C|E2TF2 {EF}G2 (3CEG|(G<E) TC>E E{FE}D C>E|TG2 A>G [E2c2] [Gd]e/f/| e2 Td>c [E3G3c3] G|TG2 E>G {E}c>B {B}A2|G2 E>G G2 cd| {G}e2 (f/e/)(d/c/) G2 c(d/4e/4f/)|[G2e2] T[Fd]>c [E3c3]||z|B2 TA>G {G}c3G| {B}A>G {G}F>E E{FE}D zD|E2 (G/F/)E/F/ (A2 G>)G|G2 (G/F/)E/F/ (E2D2)| D2 D>D C2 zE|F2 A>G G2 (3CEG|[E2c2] [DB]>[CA] [C3G3] [B,F]|[C2E2] (E/D/)(C/D/) C3||

ROSABELL. Scottish, "Very Slow" Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Miss Murray of Auchtertyre, for whom David Bowie composed a strathspey, included in his 1801 collection (see “Miss Murray of Auchtertyre/Ochtertyre’s Strathspey”).

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Printed sources : - Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 209. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; p. 17.

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