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 Theme code Index    5122 4513
 Also known as    Miss Eliza Forsyth's Strathspey
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:John Morison
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double), Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    SCOTLAND(North East)
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:John Morison
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Collection of New Strathspey Reels with a few favourite Marches
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 3
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1797
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X:1 T:Miss Eliza Forsyth’s Strathspey M:C| L:1/8 R:G B: John Morison - A Collection of New Strathspey Reels, with a few favourite Marches (Edinburgh, c. 1797, No. 3) N:Organist and fiddler Morison (1772-1848) was from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, the easternmost point in Scotland, N:on the North Sea. Alburger notes that failing fortunes forced him to diversify: he also organized balls and ran a ship's chandlery. F: https://web-cdn.org/s/153/file/Free-Downloads/John-Morison/Morison_J.pdf K:G g|dB GA/B/ AFAB|cedB GABg|dB GA/B/ AFAB|cedB G2 Gg| dB GA/B/ AFAB|cedB GABb|dBGD EFGA|{c}BA/G/ {B}AG/F/ G2 Gd|| gage dBGg|edge abaf|gage dBGB|ce d/c/B/A/ G2 Gd| gage dBGg|edge abag|ba/g/ ag/f/ gf/e/ dB|cedB G2G||


X:1 T:Miss Eliza Forsyth M:C L:1/8 S:Glen Collection, vol. 2 (1895) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G g|dB GA/B/ AFAB|cedB GABg|dB GA/B/ AFAB|cedB G2 Gg| dB GA/B/ AFAB|cedB GABg|dBGD EFGA|BA/G/ AG/F/ G2G|| d|gage dBGg|edeg abaf|gage dBGB|ce d/c/B/A/ G2 Gd| gage dBGg|edeg abag|ba/g/ ag/f/ gf/e/ dB|cedB G [B,G]||