X:1
T:Moonmore's Strathspey
M:C
L:1/16
R:Strathspey
N:”Old”
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/105813837
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
c2|G3EC3E GGG2 G4|ccc2 e3c d3DD3F|E3DC3E GGG2 G3c|A3ag3e ccc2 c2:|
g2|e3cg3c a3cg3c|{f}e3dc3e ddd2 d3g| e3cg3c a3cg3c|A3ag3e ccc2 cg3|
e3cg3c a3cg3c|{f}e3dc3e ddd2 de3|c3GE3G c3de3c|A2ag3e ccc2 c4||
|:G2|E3CG3C A3CG3C|E3CG3E DDD2 D2G2| E3CG3C A3CG3C|edcB c3E CCC2 C2:|
|:c2|G3cE3c G3cE3c|{f}e3dc3e ddd2 d3e|G3cE3c G3Ac3a|g3ed3e ccc2 c2:|]
MOONMORE'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCCDD. "Moonmore's Strathspey" is contained in Elgin fiddler-composer biography:Donald Grant's Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.(1820-21) where it is marked as "Old." Grant composed a tune called "Mrs. Gordon of Moonmore's Strathspey," indicating Moonmore was a farm or estate, but no record has been found to date.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Grant (Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.), 1820-21; p. 33.
