Annotation:Mr. Archibald Campbell Balmartin
X:1 T:Mr. Archibald Campbell Balmartin C:C. McMillan M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey Q:”Slow” B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes… B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 23) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947 N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield. N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings. N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb F|DB,DF BcBF|DB (G/F/E/D/) ECCE|DB,DF BcBF|GBAc dBB:| d|(B/c/d/e/) fa dbfd|ec (e/d/c/B/) Accd|(B/c/d/e/) fb dbfd|ec (e/d/c/B/) FBBd| (B/c/d/e/) fb dbfd|ec (e/d/c/B/) Accd|BFDF EGFe|dfce dBB||
MR. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL BALMARTIN. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. Archibald Campbell Balmartin" was composed by "C. McMillan" (Charles) and appears in Alexander Mackay's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes (c. 1822). It is titled for one of the Campbell family of Ballimartin (note spelling) Farm in central Islay, west of Port Aslaig. See note for "annotation:Mr. William Campbell Balmartin's Reel" for more.
