Annotation:Mr. Thomas Forbes
Tune properties and standard notation
MR. THOMAS FORBES. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by the great Scottish fiddler and composer J. Scott Skinner (1943-1927). Winston Fitzgerald’s version mixed the tonality between minor and major.
Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].
Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 164, p. 65. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 132. Skinner (The Miller o’ Hirn), 1881.
Recorded sources: