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**Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.   [AK]

 

 

 

MISS G. GORDON--BANFF. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Miss Gordon lived at Banff Castle, actually a mansion house built by Lord Deskford to replace the ancient Banff Castle demolished in 1820 (Moyra Cowie, The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 12.

X:1

T:Miss G. Gordon—Banff

M:C|

L:1/8

S:Marshall – 1822 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

B2 (FB) DBFB|c2 (Fc) AcFc|dBfB (gf)(ed)|ABcd cAGF|B2 (FB) DBFB|

c2 (Fc) AcFc|dBfB (gf)(ed)|FBAc B2 B2||(de)fg (ab)ag|(gf)ed (ed)cB|

Afcf dfcf|=egbg (f=e)(dc)|fdaf gcbg|adgf (f=e)(dc)|fagb afcB|AGF=E F2F2||

 

MISS GALVIN. Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: tin whistle player Mary Bergin [Sullivan]. Sullivan (Session Tunes), Vol. 3; No. 24, pg. 9.

X: 1

T:Miss Galvin

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

K:D

d2cA GEFE|D2FA DAFA|(3ded cA GEFE|cdef gefe|!

d2cA GEFE|DAFA DAFA|d2cA GEFE|cdec d3e:||!

||:fgaf dcde|fgaf (3gag fe|fgaf dcA2|(3Bcd ef g2fe|!

fgaf dcde|fgaf (3gag fe|fdec dcA2|(3Bcd ef gefe:||

 

MISS GAMBLES FROLICK. English, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Trim (Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 39.

 

MISS GARDEN (DELGATY’S) STRATHSPEY.  Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning. ABCCD. Composed by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler and composer Robert Petrie, included in his Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances (1796, pg. 13). The volume was dedicated to his patron and employer, Mrs. Garden of Troup. Petrie was an employee at Troup, though presumably had contact with the branch of the Garden family at Delgaty, an Aberdeenshire estate that had come into the hands of the family.

X:1

T:Miss Garden (Delgaty's) Strathspey

C:R. Petrie

S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.

Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/11/04

N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 13

L:1/8

M:C

R:Strathspey

K:Gm

B/c/|d<BB<G d<B (TBA/B/) |A<cTc>B AFFB/c/|d<BB<G d<B (TBA/B/)|c<fF>A B(GG)B/c/|

d<BB<G d<B (TBA/B/) |A<cTc>B A(FF)B/c/|d<BB<G G2 (Tg^f/g/)|=f<dTc>d BGG||

f|g>fd<c B<G (Tg^f/g/)|f<dTc>B AF (Tf=d/f/)|g>fd>c B<G (Tgf/g/)|f<dTc>d BGGf|

g>fd>c BG  (Tg^f/g/)|f<dTc>B AF (Tf=e/f/)|gdBg  fcAf|dB d/c/B/A/ BGG||

|:B/c/|d<GB<G DG/A/ BG|c<FA<F c<FA<c|d<GB<G D<GB,<D|CD/E/ D^F GG,G, :|

d|b>ag<d B<G (Tg^f/g/)|({fg}a)>gf<c AF (Tf=e/f/)|b>ag<d BG (Tg^f/g/)|=f<dc>d B<GGd |

b>ag<d BG  (g^f/g/) |({=fg}a)>gf<c AF (Tf=e/f/) |B<Gc<A d<Be<c|dg b/a/g/^f/ g>ag |]

 

MISS GARDEN OF TROUP’S FAVORITE.  Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard. AAB. Composed by Robert “Red Rob” Mackintosh (b. 1745), appearing in his Fourth Book of New Strathspey Reels (London, 1804). S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 36.

X:1

T:Miss Garden of Troup’s Favorite

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Robert Mackintosh – Fourth Book of New Strathspey Reels (1804)

K:B Flat

B|F<Bd>B c>AB>F|G>BF>B G/F/E/D/ CF/E/|D<B,d>B c>AB>F|G<E~F>E DB,B,:||

f/e/|d<fB>g c>eA>f|B<dGc/B/ A(FFB)|G<BE<c F<AD<B|E<G”tr”F>E DB,B,f/e/|

d<BB<g c<eA<f|B<dGc/B/ A(FFB)|G<Be<g f>d B<F|E<G~Fe dBB||

“variations”

F/E/|DF/B/ ~d>B cA/c/ B>F|(G/B/A/B/) (F/B/A/B/) G/F/E/D/ (C/G/F/E/)|D/F/”tr”B/c/ “tr”(d/c/d/B/) “tr”(c/B/c/A/) “tr”(B/A/B/F/)|

(G/F/G/E/) (F/G/F/E/) DB,B,:||f/e/|(d/e/f/d/) (B/g/e/d/) (c/d/e/c/) (A/f/d/c/)|(B/A/B/G/) (e/d/c/B/) (A/F/=E/F/) (D/F/B/F/)|

(G/A/B/G/) (E/c/=B/c/) (F/G/A/F/) (D/_B/G/F/)|(E/D/E/C/) (F/G/F/E/) DB, B,f/e/|(d/e/f/d/) (B/g/e/d/) (c/d/e/c/) (A/f/d/c/)|

(B/A/B/G/) (e/d/c/B/) (A/F/=E/F/) (D/F/B/F/)|(G/E/G/B/) (G/B/e/g/) f/e/d/c/ (B/A/B/F/)|(E/G/F/E/) (F/A/c/e/) dB B2||

 

MISS GARDEN OF TROOP’S REEL. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. One of many melodies for the Garden family composed by Robert Petrie (1767‑1830). S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 21.

X:1

T:Miss Garden of Troop’s Reel

M:C|
L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Petrie – 4th Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jiggs and Country Dances (1805)

K:C

c2 ec g2 eg|fdec Bdde|c2 ec g2 eg|fdcB [Ec][Ec]:|

g2 eg a2 fa|g2 ec Bddf|g2 eg a2 fa|gefd ec c2|

[e2g2] [eg][eg] [f2a2] [fa][fa]|g2 ge Bddg|(cc’) (Aa) (Ff) (Dd)|(B,B) (G,G) [E2c2][E2c2]||

 

MISS GARDEN OF TROOP’S STRATHSPEY.  Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. One of many melodies for the Garden family composed by Robert Petrie (1767‑1830), a native of Kirkmichael, Perthshire, who was employed as a gardener at Troup House. He was an excellent fiddler and had a reputation as a profligate and non‑conformist, but is reputed to have won either a 'silver bow' or a cup (depending on the story) at a competition at Edinburgh in 1822. There is no evidence that the prize ever appeared in Kirkmichael, however. Petrie composed many tunes and published four collections in his lifetime. Troup House was a mansion in Gamrie parish, Banffshire, near the coast, built along an Adam design in 1763. The tune appears in Petrie’s A Fourth Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jiggs and Country Dances (Edinburgh, 1805). S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 21.

X:1

T:Miss Garden of Troop’s Strathspey

M:C|
L:1/8

R:Stathspey

S:Petrie – 4th Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jiggs and Country Dances (1805)

K:F

C|F<F A2 c>F A2|G>CE>C (E/F/)G/F/ E>C|F<F A2 c>FA>c|d>B c/B/A/G/ F2F:||

C|”tr”f>ef>d “tr”g>fg>a|b>ga>f e/f/g/f/ e>c|”tr”f>ef>d “tr”g>fg>a|b>g e/f/g/e/ f2 f>c|

“tr”f>ef>d “tr”g>fg>a|b>ga>f e/f/g/f/ e>c|d>B ~f2 c>A ~d2|c>F A/G/F/E/ F2F||

 

MISS GARDINER. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Daniel Dow's c. 1775 collection (pg. 36).

 

MISS GARDNER. AKA and see "Ballyvaughan," “Corporal Casey’s Fancy,” “Five Mile Chase [1],” "The Four‑Hand Reel," “Lady Gardner’s,” “Parnell’s Reel,” “The Wild Fire Chase,” “Yellow Haired Laddie [1]."

 

MISS GAY'S. American (?), Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 23. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 48. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 74, pg. 13.

X:1

T:Miss Gay’s

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 74

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D | G/G/G/G/ B/A/B/d/ | e/g/d/g/ b/g/e/g/ | G/G/G/G/ A/G/B/G/ | A/G/B/G/ G/F/E/D/ |

G>B A/G/A/B/ | c/B/c/d/ e/d/e/f/ | g/f/g/a/ g/f/e/d/ |1 c/B/A/F/ G :|2 c/B/A/F/ Gz ||

Aa .a(b/a/) | g/f/e/f/ .g.g | .G(B/d/) g/f/e/d/ | e/d/e/f/ .g.G | Aa .a(b/a/) |

g/f/e/f/ .g.d | e/g/f/a/ g/f/e/d/ |1 c/B/A/F/ Gz :|2 c/B/A/F/ G ||

 


MISS GAYTON'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Miss Heaton's Hornpipe." AKA – “Miss Gaston’s Hornpipe,” “Miss Grayton’s Hornpipe.” Scottish, English; Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Skye): AABB (Hardings, Hunter, Kerr, Merryweather & Seattle, Sweet). O’Neill prints the tune as “Sailor’s Hornpipe [3].” As “Miss Gayton’s Hornpipe” it appears in the music copybook manuscripts of numerous 19th century English musicians, including George Watson (Swanton Abbott, Norfolk, 1850-80), Miss Best (c. 1850), John Baty (Bethel, Northumberland, 1840-60), William Clarke (Feltwell, Norfolk, 1858), James Haslingden (Midlands?, 1827), Robert Dale Owen (New Lanark, Scotland, 1826), F.W. Davoll (Staffordshire?), the Carlilse manuscript (Carlilse, Cumbria, 1810), John Moore (Tyneside, 1841) and William Tildsley (Swinton, Lancashire, c. 1860) [Callaghan, 2007]. Fiddler William Irwin (Langdale, Cumbria) included it in his 1838 manuscript along with the note: “as played in Carlisle Theatre,” referring to a venue in the Cumbrian town.

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Miss Gayton was a dancer and actress who played a Sylph at Drury Lane as early as 1806. Sir Walter Scott mentions her (in the Edinburgh Annual Register, 1810) as performing in 1808 in a revival “of our old favourite, Bluebeard.” Miss Gayton appeared in the role previously played by Madame Parisot. In 1809 she married the Reverend William Murray, half-brother of Sir James Pulteney, 7th Baronet or Clermont, Fifeshire, whose title Murray ultimately assumed (Gentleman’s Magazine, May, 1811)..

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George Gordon Byron—Lord Byron—mentions Miss Gayton in his lengthy verse called “English Bards and Scotch Reviewers” (1808), in the lines:

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While Gayton bounds before th’ enraptured looks

Of hoear marquises and stripling dukes;

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Source for notated version: an MS collection by fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle]. Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 21. Hardings All Round Collection, 1905; No. 78, pg. 24. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 330. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 6, pg. 26. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 172. Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 34, pg. 37 (as “Miss Grayton’s Hornpipe”). Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 81. Wheatstone (), 1810.

X:1

T:Miss Gayton’s Hornpipe

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:MacDonald – Skye Collection  (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

dc|Bdgf g2 dc|Bdgf g2 d^c|dfag fed^c|dfag fed=c|Bdgf g2 dc|Bdgf g2 dd|efge fgaf|g2b2g2||

ga|b2 bg a2 af|gfge d2dB|c2ec B2dB|AGAB A2 ga|b2bg a2af|gfge d2d2|efge fgaf|g2b2g2||

 

MISS GENEVIEVE MACMASTER. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB tuning. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 58.

 

MISS GEORGINA B. STEWART, WEST PARK--ELGIN. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833) for a daughter of General Stewart, Elgin, Scotland. West Park was the dwelling of the family, which became for a time the Park House Hotel (Moyra Cowie, The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999), finds that. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 9.

X:1

T:Miss Georgina B. Stewart, West Park, Elgin

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Marshall – 1845 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F2 (CF) A,FCF|cAFA G/G/G G2|F2 (CF) A,FCF|f<dc>A F/F/F F2|

F2 (CF) A,FCF|cAFA G/G/G G2|F2 (CF) A,FCF|f<d c>A F/F/F F2||

~f2 (af) ecbg|~f2 (af) ecge|~f2 af g3 bg|afce f/f/f f2|~f2 (af) ecbg|

~f2 (af) ecf>c|dBfB cAfA|CFEG F/F/F F2||

 

MISS GEORGINA CAMPBELL. Scottish, Canadian; Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’B. Source for notated version: Peter Chaisson, Sr. (b. 1929, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 53.

 

MISS GEORGINA SCOTT. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 151.

X:1

T:Miss Georgina Scott

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel
S:Surenne – Dance Music of Scotland, pg. 151  (1852)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

c | f2 fc ABcA | BGgf ecde | fgfc ABcA | BGcB AFFc | f2 fc ABcA | BGgf ecde |

fgfc ABcA | BGcB AFF || B | (A/4B/2<c) Fc Bdfd | cfdF EGGB | (A/4B/2<c) Fc Bdgf |

ecde fFFB | (A/4B/2<c) Fc Bdfd | cFdF EGGB | AFcA BGgb | afce fFF ||

 

MISS GIBSON [1]. Scottish, Jig. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 352. Gow (Complete Repository), Book 2, 1802; pg. 4

X:1

T:Miss Gibson [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Gow – 2nd Repository

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

F|(D/E/F)F B2F|(G/A/B)G FDB,|DCC C2E|(D/E/F)F B2g|fdB cAF|GBB B2:|

|:f|dBd fga|bfg fdB|(A/B/c)c c2e|dBd fbg|fdB cAF|GBB B2:|

 

MISS GIBSON [2]. AKA and see "The Cumberland," “Miss Nancy Gibson,” “Una’s Lock.” Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AABB (Gow, Stewart-Robertson). The tune was printed on a single sheet by Gow and Shepherd c. 1800 as “The Cumberland or Miss Nancy Shepherd.” See also the derivative “The New Brig of Glasgow” in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection/Cole’s 1000. Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 507. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg. 31. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 201, pg. 23. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 278. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 13.

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T:Cumberland, The

T:Miss Gibson [2]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

B:The Athole Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

F|B2 b>g fdcB|AFcF dFcF|B2 b>g fdcB|FBAc dBB:|

|:c|BGFE DEFD|ECC=B cGGA|BGFE D>EFD|B,BAc dBB:|

 

MISS GIBSON [3]. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning. AABB'. Kerr prints the tune on the page above the reel “Mr. Gibson;” probably meant to be played as a pair as they are both in the same key. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 189, pg. 22.

X:1

T:Miss Gibson [3]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 189  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

D|G>AB>c A<F F>A|G>AB>c (d<g) g2|f>dc>B A/B/c/B/ A<F|G/A/B/c/ d>D G3:|

|:A|G<g g>a f>gf<c|d<g g>d g/a/b/a/ gd|d<g g>a f>gf<c|1 d>g b/a/g/^f/ g3:|2 f<a d<f c<f A<F||

 

MISS GIBSON CRAIG. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Miss Gibson Craig was one of the seven daughters of Sir James Gibson Craig, first baronet of Riccartoun, according to Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999). See also the title “William Gibson Craig, M.P.” for another family connection. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 31.

X:1

T:Miss Gibson Craig

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Marshall – 1845 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

B,|E>F (E/D/)C/B,/ CFFG|EBGe Bgeb|E>F E/D/C/B,/ CFFG|B,>E (E/D/)C/B,/ E2 EB,|

E>F (E/D/)C/B,/ CFFG|EBGe Bgeb|E>F E/D/C/B,/ CFFG|B,>E (E/D/)C/B,/ E2E2:|

e<f (e/d/)c/B/ cffg|egce Be GE|e>f e/d/c/B/ cffg|(e/d/)c/B/ cd (e2 e)B|

e>f (e/d/)c/B/ cffg|egce Be GE|A,c G,B CFFG B,>E E/D/C/B,/ E2E||

 

MISS GORDON. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 37).

 

MISS GORDON--LIVERPOOL. Scottish, Slip Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Moyra Cowie, in her book The Life and Times of William Marshall (1999), finds the Marshall connection with this Liverpool family through Marshall’s brother Henry, who worked at the Custom House. Harry Gordon of the Laggan Gordon branch of the family owned the Tobacco Warehouse in Liverpool, and presumably the title refers to a daughter. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 10.

X:1

T:Miss Gordon—Liverpool

M:9/8

L:1/8

S:Marshall - 1845 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

C|F3 F2d cAF|(E/F/G)G GAF E2C|F3 F2d cde|(d/e/f)d (e/f/g)e f2:|

g|afc bge afc|def gaf e2c|afc bge afc|C2F (E/F/G)E F2f|afc bge afc|

def gaf edc|dBf cAf cAF|C2F (E/F/G)E F2||

 

MISS GORDON OF BAIRD. AKA and see “Mrs. Gordon of Baird.”

 

MISS GORDON OF ABERGELDIE’S JIGG. Scottish, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler Robert Petrie (1767-1830). Petrie (Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances), 1790; pg. 9.

X:1

T:Miss Gordon of Abergeldie's Jigg

C:Robert Petrie

S:Petrie's Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c., 1790

Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 3/6/04

N:Petrie's First Collection, page 9

L:1/8

M:6/8

R:Jig

K:C

f | edc dBG | cAF GEC | DFA dfe | dag fed | edc dBG | cAF GEC |

Ege  fdB | c3 c2 :| e | ceg gec | (B/c/d)d def | efg Tf2e | dec BAG |

ceg gec | (B/c/d)d def | efg  fed | cGE C2c | ceg gec | (B/c/d)d def |

efg Tf2e | dec BAG | [G,3E3c3] cGE | [G3c3e3] cGE | gec  fed | c3 c2 |]

 

MISS GORDON OF ABERGELDIE’S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Petrie (Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances), c. 1790; pg. 11.

X:1

T:Miss Gordon of Abergeldie's Strathspey

C:Robert Petrie

S:Petrie's Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c., 1790

Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 3/6/04

N:Petrie's First Collection, page 11

L:1/8

M:C

R:Strathspey

K:A

"^Slow"

E | A>Bcc TB>A Bc | e>f a/f/e/c/ TB>A F2 | A>Bcc TB>ABc | e>f a/f/e/c/ e3 :|

(3e/f/g/ | a>b a/g/f/e/ Tf>ec>f | ed/c/ TB>A (B/c/B/A/) F(3e/f/g/ | a>b a/g/f/e/ Tf>efa |

e>f (a/f/)(e/c/) e(A/B/c/d/e/f/4g/4) | a>b (a/g/)(f/e/) f/e/f/g/ a>f | e>c d/c/B/A/ B>AFA |

E>FA>B c>ef>a | e>f a/f/e/c/ [A3c3e3] |]

 

MISS GORDON OF BELLIE'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), first appearing in his 1781 collection (pg. 10). There was a farm at Bellies. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1781 Collection, pg. 10.

 

MISS GORDON OF CAIRNFIELD'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), first appearing in his 1781 collection (pg. 4). Cairnfield was the site of a house that was demolished in 1802 to make way for a new one which survives today. The name cairnfield derives from a Pictish cairn that one could be found on the site (Cowie, 1999). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1781 Collection, pg. 4.

X:1

T:Miss Gordon of Cairnfield’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Marshall – 1781 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

E|E2 (B,D) FD BF|DB,FD ECCE|D2 (B,D) FDBF|ecdA BB,B,:|

e|defd gefd|ecdB ecce|defd gefd|(gab)f dBBe|defd gefd|ecdc eccd|

dB,fD GEBG|FDGE DB,B,||

 


MISS GORDON OF GIGHT. Scottish, Reel. C Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Issac Cooper of Banff (1754? – 1820) around 1790, dedicated to Byron's mother, a Huntly‑Gordon (The Bog of Gight is the site of Gordon Castle). Cooper was a skilled musician and excellent composer. He advertised himself as a teacher of  “The Harpsichord, The Violin, The Violincella, The Psaltery, The Clarionet, The Pipe and Taberer, The German Flute, The Scots Flute, The Fife in the Regimental Stile, The Hautboy, The Irish Organ Pipe…And the Guitar, after a new method of fingering…” Catharine Gordon, of Gight, Aberdeenshire, was a rich heiress