Annotation:Mrs. Major Ray's Favorite

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X:1 T:Mrs. Major Ray's Favorite C:Donald Grant Q:"Slowly" M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air or Jig B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, p. 38) 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/105814244 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin E|GAB BGE|BGB AFD|G>AB BGE|e>fg {g}f2e| g>ab ed^c|B>^cd AFD|G>AB BGB|{B}A>GF E2:| e|g>ab bge|bgb afd|g>ab bge|b>ab b2e| g>ab bge|b>gb afd|bge af^d|eBG E2e| g>ab bge|bgb afd|g>ab bge|b>ab b2e| g>ab e>d^c|B>^cd AFD|G>AB BGB|{B}A>GF E2||



MISS MAJOR RAY'S FAVORITE. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Major Ray's Favorite" was composed by Elgin fiddler-composer biography:Donald Grant and published in his Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21).


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Printed sources : - Donald Grant (Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.), 1820-21; p. 38.






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