Highland Fair (The)

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Theme code Index	5L5L5L1 427L2
Also known as	Highland Lasses
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Samuel Ann and Peter Thompson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 5
Tune and/or Page number	No. 158, p. 70
Year of publication/Date of MS	1788
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Highland Fair (The): Annotations

X:1 T:Highland Fair, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson - Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country B:Dances, vol. 5 (London, 1788, No. 158, p. 70) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A A|E2 E>F E>GA>B|(dcBA) (GABd)|cAeA {d}c2 BA|G>AB>c cAA:| |:f|ecAc eA {d}cB/A/|(ec)(cA) (GB)(Bd)|eAcA eA {d}cB/A/|G>ABd cAA :|]

X:2 T:Highland Fair, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:John Watlen - The Celebrated Circus Tunes (Edinburgh, 1791, p. 23) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A A|E2 E>F EGA>B|dcBA GABd|cAeA {d}c2 BA|G>AB>d cAA:| |:f|eA {d}cB/A/ eA {d}cB/A/|eccA GBBf|ecAc eA {d}cB/A/|G>ABd cAA:||

X:1 T:Highland Fair M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Campbell – 9th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & Strathspey B:Reels (1795, p. 13) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A A|E2 E>F E>GAB|d>cB>A G(BB)d|c>{B}Ae>{B}A {d}c2 BA| G>AB>d cAA:|f|eA {d}(TcB/A/) e>{B}Ac>{B}A|eA {d}cB/A/ G(BB)f| e>Ac>A e>A {d}(TcB/A/)|GBEd c(AA)f|e>A {d}(TcB/A/) e>A{B}Tc>A| e>A {d}(TcB/A/) G(BB)f|ecdB cAEC|A,cdB cAA||

X:3 T:Highland Fair (Lasses), The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Gow - Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1822) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A F|E2 TE>F EFAc|dcB>A GB B>d|cAec dcBA|GABd cAA:|| f|eA (c/B/A) eAcf|eA (c/B/A) GA Bf|eA (c/B/A) eA (c/B/A)|GA Bd cAAf| eA (c/B/A) eAcf|eA (c/B/A) GA Bf|eA (c/B/A) eAfA|~GA Bd cAA||

Highland Fair (The): Annotations