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X:1 T:Miss Preston Fernton's Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:John Bowie – “Collection of strathspey reels & country dances &c.” B:(Edinburgh, c. 1789, p. 14) F: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104982571 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D V:1 ABAG FDdF|E/E/E (FA) BEEd|ABAG FDdg|1 fdef d/d/d d2:|2 fdef d/d/d d|| (f/g/)|adfd (f/g/a) (fd)|TB2 (ed) TcAAf|adfd (f/g/a) (fd)|BgTfe d/d/d (df)| adfd (f/g/a) fd|B2 (ed) TcAAg|fdaf bgaf|Tedef d/d/d d2|| V:2 clef = bass D2C2D2D,2|C,2 D,F, A,A,A,z|D2C2D2 F,E,|1D,F,A,A,, D,D,D,2:|2 D,F,A,A,, D,D,D,|| z|F,2D,2F,2D,2|G,2E,2A,2A,,2|F,2D,2F,2 D,F,|G,2A,2 D,D,D,z| F,2D,2F,2D,2|G,2E,2 A,2 A,,C,|D,2F,2 G,2 F,E,|A,2A,,2 D,D, D2||



MISS PRESTON FERNTON. AKA - "Miss Preston Fernton's Reel." Scottish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. See also William Shepherd's "Miss Preston of Fernton's Strathspey" for another tune named for the same person, and Annotation:Miss Preston of Fernton's Strathspey for notes.


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Printed sources : - John Bowie (Collection of strathspey reels & country dances &c.), Edinburgh, c. 1789, p. 14. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 3), c. 1880's; No. 12, p. 4.






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