Annotation:James Watt's Strathspey
Tune properties and standard notation
JAMES WATT'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The title refers probably to James Watt of Pennan, 1832-1909, a sailor, fiddle maker and teacher. See also the companion "James Watt's Reel."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; p. 32. Lerwick (The Kilted Fiddler), 1985; pp. 30-31.
Recorded sources: