Annotation:Miss Forbes
X:1 T:Miss Forbes' Fancy M:C| L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:William Campbell – “Campbell’s 1st Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & B:Strathspey Reels for the Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as B:Danced at Court, Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms” (Soho, London, B:edition of c. 1793, first published c. 1786, p. 21) F: https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/6/61/IMSLP655929-PMLP1052069-campbells1stbook00camp.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C V:1 G2|E2G4 c2 A3cG3c|E2G4E2 FD3D3F|E3GG3c B3cd3f|e2c2g2c2 G2c2c2:| a2|g3ce3c g3cf3a|g3ce3c d2f2B2a2|g3ca3c g3ce3c|f3d_B3f e3cc3a| g3ce3c g3cf3a|g3ce3c d3fB3g|e3cB3c G3ce3c|f3dg3d e2d2c2|| V:2 clef = bass z2|C,4C,4C,4C,4|C,4C,4G,4G,,4|C,4C,4E,4F,4|G,4G,,4C,4C,2:| z2|C4C4C4C4|C4C4G,4G,4|C4C4E,4C,4|G,4G,,4C,4C,4| C,4C,4C,4C,4|C,4C,4G,4G,,4|C,4G,,4C,4E,4|F,4G,4C,4C,2||
MISS FORBES. AKA and see “Miss Horgan's.” AKA and see "Miss Horgan's," "Reel de Napoléon (1)," "Reel du voyageur (1)," Reel ouverture du bal." Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Gow, Surenne): AAB (Athole): AABB' (Kerr). Attributed to “D.D.” (Daniel Dow) by Gow in the 4th Collection. The name Forbes is derived from the Gaelic term forb-ais, meaning ‘at the land’. The clan’s original holdings were in Aberdeenshire, on the banks of the river Don. See also French-Canadian versions recorded by Joseph Allard under titles "Reel de Napoléon (1)," "Reel du voyageur (1)," and "Reel ouverture du bal," and J.A. Boucher's distanced adaptation "Zwyska."
