Annotation:Mr. William Stewart’s Strathspey

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MR. WILLIAM STEWART’S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune is paired with “Mr. John Stewart’s Reel” in Malcolm MacDonald’s (c 1740-1800) first collection (1788), dedicated to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Malcolm MacDonald (A Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1), 1788; No. 2.

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