Annotation:Blackhall House Quick Step
X:1 T:Blackhall House Quick Step C:R. Petrie S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c. Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/5/04 N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 12 L:1/8 M:6/8 R:Quickstep K:D A/G/|F2(D D)FG|AFD DFD|E2A, A,2B,|=C2D E2G|F2(D D)FG|AFD AFD|E2e gec|d3 d2:| g |f2d d2f |d2f agf|e2=c c2e |=c2e gfe|f2d d2f |d2f agf|B2e gec|d3 d2g| f2d d2f |d2f agf|e2=c c2e |=c2e gfe|f2d g2e |a2f b2g|fed edc|d3 D2|]
BLACKHALL HOUSE QUICK STEP. Scottish, March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler and composer biography:Robert Petrie. It appears in his Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and County Dances (1796, p. 12), a volume dedicated to his patron and employer, Mrs. Garden of Troup. See notes for "annotation:Miss Russell of Blackhall (1)" and ""annotation:Miss Russell of Blackhall (2)" for remarks on Blackhall House. Petrie included a few tunes for the Russell family in his Second Collection.
