Annotation:Loch of Strathbeg (The)
X:1 T:Loch of Strathbeg, The C:William Christie (1778-1849) N:Christie was a dancing master, fiddler N:and composer from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire. M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Christie - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, B:Waltzes &c. (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 18) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C c2|Gg3e2c2 dB3 ~c4|G3cE3c .D2(d2B2).G2|Gg3e2c2 dB3 ~c4|1 Gc3 Ec3 DG3 ~C4:|2 Gc3 Ee3 dg3 ~c4|| eg3 cg3 eg3 {g}Ta4|gc3 Tg3f .e2(G2c2.e2)|g3cTg3f eg3 {g}a4|ga3 eg3 dg3 ~c4| eg3 cg3 eg3 {g}Ta4|gc3 {a}g3f .e2(G2c2.e2)|gd3 ec3 dA3 cG3|A2E2G2E2 DG3 ~C4||
LOCH OF STRATHBEG, THE. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. "Loch of Strathbeg" was composed by biography:William Christie (1778-1849), a dancing master, postman and fiddler-composer from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire. The Loch of Strathbeg is a curious and relatively recent geologic feature, having been created as the result of a massive stormin 1720. As a result the lagoon, where the loch is now, its small harbour Starny Keppie and the village of Rattray, were cut off from the sea and engulfed by shifting sands. The storm also diverted streams, which now feed the loch.
