CONFAB BETWEEN A QUAKER AND A SECEEDER, A (SUPPOSED). Scottish, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A Seceeder was a breakaway branch of the Presbyterian church, formed when the Church of Scotland attempted to enforce laws that deprived a congregation of selecting their own minister. A confab was a casual talk, a conversation.
Gow (Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1822; p. 26.
X:1
T:Confab between a Quaker and a Seceeder, A (supposed)
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Thought very old"
N:"Pathetic and Ad. Lib.
B:Gow - Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
GG GG GG GG|{GA}B3A G4|EE EE EE FG|~A>B AF D4|GG GG GG GG|{GA}B3A G3=F|
E2 (^FG) (AB) FD|[B,8G8]::gg gg {ga}b3g|gg gg {ab}c'3a|gg gg {ga}b3g|(ag).a.f d3f|
gg gg {ga}b3g|gg gg {ab}c'3a|(gfe).d egfa|g8|gg gg {ga}b3g|gg gg {ab}c'3a|gg gg {ga}b3g|
agfe dcBA|GG GG GG GG|{GA}B3A G3=F|E2 (^FG) (AB) FD|[B,8G8]:||