COUNTESS OF HADDINGTON, THE. Scottish, Reel or Strathspey. B Flat Major (Skye): C Major (Surenne). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Skye). Composed by the great Scots fiddler Niel Gow (1727-1807).
Printed source:
Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 3rd ed., p. 9; 1788.
MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 132.
Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 108.
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| Theme code Index | 3L13L1 6L5L2L2 |
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| Composer/Core Source | Biography:Niel Gow |
| Region | Scotland |
| Genre/Style | Scottish |
| Meter/Rhythm | Reel (single/double), Strathspey |
| Key/Tonic of | C |
| Accidental | NONE |
| Mode | Ionian (Major) |
| Time signature | 4/4 |
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| Structure | AB |
| Editor/Compiler | Biography:Niel Gow |
| Book/Manuscript title | Book:Second Collection of Niel Gow's Reels |
| Tune and/or Page number | p. 9 |
| Year of publication/Date of MS | 1788 |
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X:1 T:Countess of Haddington, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:MacDonald - Skye Collection (1887) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb F|(D/E/F) BF (D/E/F) BF|GEFD Ccc>d|(D/E/F) BF (D/E/F) Bg|fd (e/d/)c/B/ FBB:| d|B/c/d/e/ fb Bbfd|e(d/c/) (e/d/)c/B/ G(cc)d|(B/c/d/e/) fb Bbfd|ed/c/ (e/d/)c/B/ FBB>d| (B/c/d/e/) fb Bbfd|e(d/c/) (e/d/)c/B/ G(cc>)d|B<FD<F D<FD<g|f>d (e/d/)c/B/ FBB||
X:2 T:Countess of Haddinton, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Surenne - Dance Music of Scotland, pg. 108 (1852) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C G | E/4F/2<G) cG (E/4F/2<G) cG | AF (A/G/F/E/) Dd2e | (E/4F/2<G) cG (E/4F/2<G) ca | ge (f/e/d/c/) GccG | E/4F/2<G) cG (E/4F/2<G) cG | AF (A/G/F/E/) Dd2e | (E/4F/2<G) cG (E/4F/2<G) ca | ge (f/e/d/c/) Gcc || e | (c/d/e/f/) gc' cc'ge | fd (f/e/d/c/) Ad2e | (c/d/e/f/) gc' cc'ge | fd (f/e/d/c/) Gcce | (c/d/e/f/) gc' cc'ge | fd (f/e/d/c/) Ad2e | (c/d/e/f/) gc' cc'ge | fd (f/e/d/c/) Gcc ||