Annotation:Mrs. Gunn's Strathspey

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X:1 T:Mrs. Gunn's Strathspey M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:John Gow – A Favorite Collection of Slow Airs, B:Strathspeys and Reels (London, c. 1804, p. 18) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin B2|GE3B3G E3FG3E|FD3A3F d3AFD3|GE3B3G E3eG3B|A3c~B3A GE3E3B| GE3BG3 E3FG3E|FD3A3F d3AFD3|GE3B3G e3Bg3e|b3ga3f ge3e2|| ef|(agfe) b3e (gfe^d) e3B|d3fa3f d3DFA3|e3gb3g e3Be3G|A3(c~B3A) G2E2E2ef| (agfe b3)e g3e{^d}e3B|da3df3 Ad3FD3|GE3C3E B,3EA,3c|B3GA3F G2E2E2||

MRS. GUNN'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Fr. John Quinn finds a cognate version in the c. 1880's music manuscript (Book 2, No. 36) of Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim, uilleann piper and fiddler biography:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) under the title "Miss Gunnon." Fr. Quinn also finds derivatives of the first strain in "<incipit title="load:gate" width=850 link="https://tunearch.org/wiki/Gatehouse Maid (2) (The)">Gatehouse Maid (2) (The)</incipit>," "<incipit title="load:gossan" width=850 link="https://tunearch.org/wiki/Gossan that Beat His Father (The)">Gossan that Beat His Father (The)</incipit>" (Gasúr a thug leadradh dá athair (An), and "<incipit title="load:hickey" width=850 link="https://tunearch.org/wiki/Hickey's (2)">Hickey's (2)</incipit>" AKA "McCann's Reel."

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Source for notated version : -

Printed sources : - John Gow (A Favourite Collection of Slow Airs, Strathspeys and Reels), London, c. 1804; p. 18. Edmund Lee (Mrs. Parker's Selection of Scotch Tunes, Strathspeys and Reels), Dublin, n.d.; p. 8 (early 19th century).

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X:1 L: 1/8 M: 4/4 K: Edor GzBG EFGE|FDFA dAFD|GzBG EFGA|BdAF GEEF|

X:1 M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G G2 BG EFGE | FDFA dAFD | G2 BG EFGA | BcBA GFEF |

X:1 M:C| L:1/8 K:Amix eA~A2 eA~A2|BG~G2 Bcdg|eA{c}BA eA{c}BA|Be{a}ed (3Bcd A2|