Annotation:Mr. John Campbell Ardmore's Strathspey
X:1 T:Mr. John Campbell Ardmore's Strathspey C:Alexander Mackay M:C| L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes… B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 13) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947 N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield. N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings. N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb c|B3cB3F D3B,B,3d|e2d2c2B2 A3cc3f|d2B2B2F2 G2E2D2B,2|D3g c3d B4B2:| e2|d3fB3d e2g2c2g2|d3fG3B A3cc3e|d3fB3d e3gc3e|d3f F2G2 B4 B2e2| d3fB3d e2g2c2e2|d3fG3B A2c2c2e2|d3BB3F G2E2D2B,2|D3g c3d B4B2||
MR. JOHN CAMPBELL ARDMORE'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (cut time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. John Campbell Ardmore's Strathspey" was composed by Islay fiddler-composer Alexander Mackay (born 1773) for John Campbell (1801-1861), the eldest boy of Archbald and Helen Campbell of Ardmore, Islay.
