Annotation:Captain Menzies
X:1 T:Captain Menzies (Carr Bridge) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Skinner – Miller o’ Hirn Collection (1881, No. 80, p. 42) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin E|{B}A^GAc BdcB|cde^f gdBG|A^GAB cedc|BEcB A2- AE| A^GAc BdcB|cde^f gdBG|AcBd cedf|edcB A2-A|| ^g|aecA ECA,C|B,G,DG, B,G,G,^g|aecA ECA,C|B,GDB, A,/A,/A, (A,^g)| aecA ECA,C|B,G,DC B,G,G,B,|A,CB,D CEDf|edcB A2-A||
CAPTAIN MENZIES (CARR-BRIDGE). Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Captain Menzies" was composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer and dancing master wikipedia:James_Scott_Skinner (1843-1927). Captain Menzies of Carrbridge, Inverness-shire, was a gentleman farmer, and a one-time judge at a fiddle competition mentioned by Skinner in his posthumously published autobiography[1]:
There were eleven entries from all parts, including Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Six country gentlemen were the judges--namely Cluny MacPherson, Rodrick Kemp (Talisker), Captain Menzies (Carrbridge), Rev. Dr. MacGregor, Major Rose, and W.F. Wisdom (secretary).
- ↑ J. Scott Skinner, My Life and Adventures, 1932, p. 19.