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MACGREGOR'S SEARCH. AKA - "McGregor's March." Scottish, March (3/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB' (McLachlan) From Daniel Dow's Ancient Scots Music (c. 1775). Dow was a teacher of music in Edinburgh in the 18th century. The tune is associated with 'the landless clan', the MacGregors.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Dow (A Collection of Ancient Scots Music), c. 1775; p. 9. John McLachlan (Piper’s Assistant), 1854; No. 52, p. 30.
Recorded sources: Flying Fish FF358, Robin Williamson- "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, vol. 1."
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