X:1
T:Prior’s
T:Mr. Malie's Strathspey
N:”Old”
M:C
L:1/16
R:Strathspey
B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, p. 35)
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/105814211
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Cmin
c2|CC3 C3D E3FG3=A|B3B, B3F B3B, B3D|E3DC3D E3FG3d|e3c d3=B c4C2:|
c2|c3ge3g c3ge3g|B3fd3f B3fd3f|c3ge3g c3ge3g|d3B {g}f2ed {d}c4 cG|
c2g2e2g2 c2g2e2g2|B2f2d2f2 B2f2d2f2|g2e2f2d2 e2c2d2=B2|c3C GFED {D}C4C2||
PRIOR'S. AKA - "Mr. Malie's Strathspey." Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). C Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Prior's" was published in Elgin fiddler-composer biography:Donald Grant's Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21). The alternate title "Mr. Malie's Strathspey" perhaps refers to Fox Maule MP?
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Donald Grant (Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.), 1820-21; p. 35.
