Annotation:Lord MacDuff's Strathspey
X:1 T:Lord MacDuff's (Strathspey) T:Lord McDuff's C:Alexander Walker M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Walker - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches etc. (1866, p. 5) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion F:http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105875169?mode=zoom K:A F|E<AA>c B>AF>A|E<CA>E (F/E/)D/C/ B,>F|E<AA>c B>AF>A|E<CA>C {C}B,2 A,:| e|e>Ac>A (3cde (3fga|e>Ac>A G<BG<E|e>Ac>A d>ef>g|a/g/f/e/ {g}a>c f2 ef/g/| a>Ag>A f>Ae>A|d>Bc>A B<EG<B|A>FE>D C>D E<f|e<Ae>c {c}B2A||
LORD MACDUFF('S STRATHSPEY). Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer Biography:Alexander Walker (b. 1819) in honor of Alexander William George Duff [1], 1st Duke of Fife (1849-1912), styled Viscount Macduff between 1857 and 1879 and known as The Earl Fife between 1879 and 1889, was a British peer who married Princess Louise, the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
See also Walker's "Marr Lodge."
