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X:1 T:Norea's Scots Measure M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Brisk" B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book V (1760, p. 6) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|G2G4 dB|A2 e4 dc|B2ge dBAc|B2 GB AF D2| G2 G4 dB|A2 e4 dc|B2 ge dBAc|B2G2G2:| |:f|gfga bg e2|fefg af d2|efge fgaf|bagf e3g| dBAB dB d2|ed e2 g3a|bgab agea|gedB AGAB| G2 G4 dB|ABcd egfa|g2 fe dBcA|B2G2 G3:|| |:D|GBdB dB g2|Acec ecac|Bdef gdcB|a^fgB AFED| GBdB dB g2|Ac e2ce a2|gbaf gdec|B2G2G3:| |:f|gb Tb2 fa Ta2|egfa {e}^d2 (^cB)|eBfB gBaB|bagf e2 fg| dBAB dBde|gdeg {ga}b3a|bgeb afdf|gBgB AcBA| GBdB dB g2|Ac e2 ce a2|gbag fgde|B2G2 G3:|]



NOREA'S SCOTS MEASURE. Scottish, Reel (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The tune was claimed by cellist and composer James Oswald in the index to the Caledonian Pocket Companion.


Additional notes



Printed sources : - Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 5), 1760; p. 6.

Recorded sources : - The Colonial Governor's Musick with Herb Watson - "With Flute and Friends" (2015).




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