Annotation:Earl of Seafield's Strathspey (The)
X:1 T:Earl of Seafield’s Strathspey, The C:Donald Grant M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, p. 7) B:The volume was perhaps first issued c. 1790, from a penciled note in a copy. N:The collection was dedicated to Mrs. Col. Grant of Grant (“Sir James and N:Lady Grant of Grant”). S: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105813903 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D G2|F3A d3f (fe).d.c {e}d3B|AF3D3F {F}E4E2AG|F3Ad3f (fe).d.c {e}d3B|AF3 d3F {F}D4 D2G2| F3A d3f (fe).d.c {e}d3B|AF3D3F {F}E4 E2AG|F3A d3f e3f d3f|AF3 d3F {F}D4 D2|| B2|A3DFA3 BABc d3B|AF3 D3F {F}E4 E2B2|A3DFA3 BABc d3B|AF3d3F {F}D4 D2B2| A3DFA3 BABc d3B|AF3 D3F {F}E4 E2B2|A3DFA3 df3ef3|~d3BAF3 {F}D4D2||
EARL OF SEAFIELD'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "The Earl of Seafield's Strathspey" was composed by Elgin fiddler-composer biography:Donald Grant and published in his Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21), a companion tune to Grant's "Earl of Seafield's Reel (3)."
