Annotation:Miss Grant of Elchies's Strathspey (3)
X:1 T:Miss Grant of Elchies's Strathspey [3] C:Donald Grant M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, p. 33) B:The volume was perhaps first issued c. 1790, from a penciled note in a copy. N:The collection was dedicated to Mrs. Col. Grant of Grant (“Sir James and N:Lady Grant of Grant”). S: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105814189 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C c2|cBAB c3G E3CC3E|FD3d3c B3GG3B|cBAB c3G E3CC3E|A,3D CB,A,G, C4C2:| G2|c3de3f {f}e4 c3e|f3dd3c {c}B4 A2G2|c3de3f {f}e4 c3e|c3d cBAG c4 c3G| c3de3f {f}e4 c3e|f3ed3c {c}B4 A3G|cBAB c3G E2C2C2E2|A,3D CB,A,G, C4C2||
MISS GRANT OF ELCHIES'S STRATHSPEY [3]. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Miss Grant of Elchies's Strathspey [3]" was composed by Elgin fiddler-composer biography:Donald Grant and published in his Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21). There were branches of the Grant family at Easter Elchies and Wester Elchies. Robert Grant became first Laird of Wester Elchies, Knockando, in 1783 and lived at the mansion house. His son Charles inherited the estate and founded Charlestown of Aberlour in 1812, but died unmarried.
