Annotation:Mr. John Reddie's Strathspey
X:1 T:Mr. John Reddie's Strathspey C:James Walker (1771-1840), Dysart M:C| L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:James Walker - Collection of new Scots reels, strathspeys, jigs, &c. (c. 1795, p. 14) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Cmin F2|G4 G2F2 G3CG3D|F2B,2D2B,2 FEDC B,2D2|G4 G2F2 G3Bc3d|B3F GFED C4 C2:| f2|g4 c3g e3g c4|[B4f4] f3b gfdc B2d2|g3df3c d3Bc3G|B2F2 GFED C4 C2f2| g4 c3g e3g c4|[B4f4] f3b gfdc B2d2|g2g2g2G2 f2f2f2F2|G3B GFED C4 C2||
MR. JOHN REDDIE'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (cut time). C Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. John Reddie's Strathspey" was composed by fiddler-composer and music teacher biography:James Walker (1771-1840) of Dysart, Fife, one of several Walker composed for members of the Reddies family (who were presumably among his patrons). The tune is probably named forJohn Reddie (1727–1805), a merchant in Dysart, who in 1766 married May Burd (1744–1815),daughter of George Burd and Margaret Black. One of their grandchildren, wikipedia:James_Campbell_Reddie (1807--1878), who was estranged from his father, James Reddie, was a 19th-century collector and author of pornography who wrote under the name "James Campbell."
