X:1
T:Mrs. Major Ray's Favorite
C:Donald Grant
Q:"Slowly"
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air or Jig
B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, p. 38)
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/105814244
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
E|GAB BGE|BGB AFD|G>AB BGE|e>fg {g}f2e|
g>ab ed^c|B>^cd AFD|G>AB BGB|{B}A>GF E2:|
e|g>ab bge|bgb afd|g>ab bge|b>ab b2e|
g>ab bge|b>gb afd|bge af^d|eBG E2e|
g>ab bge|bgb afd|g>ab bge|b>ab b2e|
g>ab e>d^c|B>^cd AFD|G>AB BGB|{B}A>GF E2||
MRS. MAJOR RAY'S FAVORITE. Scottish, Air or Jig (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mrs. Major Ray's Favorite" was composed by Elgin fiddler-composer biography:Donald Grant and published in his Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21). See also Grant's "Major Ray's Stathspey."
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Donald Grant (Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.), 1820-21; p. 38.
