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 Theme code Index    116L5L 1336
 Also known as    Snaw Fourteen
 Composer/Core Source    William Logan
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    B
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
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 Structure    AABBCCDD
 Editor/Compiler    John Hall
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Selection of Strathspeys Reels Waltzes & Irish Jigs
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 1
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1818
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Colonel Nicholson T:Snaw Fourteen C:”A Favorite Air by Major Logan” M:C L:1/16 R:Air Q:”Slow” B:John Hall – “A Selection of Strathspeys Reels, Waltzes & Irish Jigs” (c. 1818, p. 1) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104981834 N:”Printed and sold by John Hall, at his Music Room.” N:Hall was a music teacher in Ayr, Scotland. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb B2|BB3B3F {F}G4 F3B|BB3B3c {c}d2g2 g4|ff3f3d d3cc3B|Bcdc B3F {F}G2B2 B4:| |:g2|fd3d3c c2B2B2G2|fd3d3c {c}d2g2 (g2ab)|fd3d3c c2B2B2G2|(3G2B2G2 (3F2D2F2 G2B2 B2:| |:B2|BcdB BcdB {d}c3B {B}G4|BcdB {d}c2Bc {c}d2g2g3f|(ga)bg (gf)ed edcB {B}G3G|(3G2B2G2 (3F2D2F2 {F}G2B2 B2:| |:z2|B,2d2d2d2 {d}c3B {B}G4|B,2d2 {d}c2Bc {c}d2g2 g3f|(ga)bg (gf)ed (ed)cB {B}G3G|(3G2B2G2 (3F2D2F2 {F}G2B2 B2:|]