Annotation:Forfar Hunt
Tune properties and standard notation
FORFAR HUNT, THE. Scottish, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Lerwick, Shears): AABB' (Athole). Composition credited to A. Allan by MacDonald in the Skye Collection. Forfar, in Angus, is the supposed site of the last great battle between the Picts and the Scots in 845, before Kenneth MacAlpin united the kingdoms. The 'hunt' of the title refers to a genteel hunting and social club. Lerwick (Kilted Fiddler), 1985; pp. 22-23. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 66. Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1), 1986; p. 58 (pipe setting). Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 133.
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