Annotation:Top of Balvenie (The)
X:1 T:Top of Balvenie, The L:1/8 M:C R:Strathspey S:William Marshall – 1845 Collection Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G g|G<G (Bc/d/) Gc Bc/d/|DAFD cedB|G<G (Bc/d/) Gc (Bc/d/)|eg (f/g/a/f/) gGB:| |:g|dgBg dgbg|dgBg aAce|dgBg dgbg|(3efg (3fga gG Bg| dgBg dgbg|dgBg aAce|G>G (Bc/d/) Gc (Bc/d/)|eg f/g/a/f/ gGB||
TOP OF BALVENIE, THE. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Composed by fiddler-composer biography:William Marshall (1748-1833) of Fochabers in Morayshire, famous for his strathspey compositions. The title may have some association with Balvenie Castle, which in Marshall's day was a ruined stone castle north of Dufftown in the Moray region of Scotland, having been effectively abandoned after 1718.
