Annotation:Miss Susan Brown's Strathspey
X:1 T:Miss Susan Brown’s Strathspey 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. 30) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmin FG|A3F (DE).F.G A3FD3F|{F}E3C EFGF EC3-C2FG|A3F D-E.F.G A3Fd3F|{F}E3^C EFGE F2D2-D2:| E2|D3d-~d3e fgag f2d2|Gc3-~c3d efgf e2c2|Ad3-~d3e fgag f2d2|g3e f-e.d^c Ad3-~d3E| Dd3-~d3e fgag f2d2|Gc3-~c3d efgf e2c2|{e}a3e {g}f3d {f}e3^c ~d3F|{F}E3^C E-F.G.E F2D3-D2||
MISS SUSAN BROWN'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The strathspey was composed by biography:William Christie (1778-1849), fiddler-composer, dancing master and postmaster from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire. See also Christie's companion tune, "Miss Louisa Brown's Reel," named for a sister.
