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Strathspey One title Only 1 transcription Has lots of stepwise movement Has some stepwise movement major A 4/4 No chords explore more...

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X:076
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T:Captain Gillans
C:Wm. Christie
O:Scotland
B:Keith Norman MacDonald : "The Skye collection of the best reels & strathspeys extant" : 1887
Z:Ralph Palmer
R:Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
K:A
[A,E] S|: ([CE]<E)(E>F) E>FA>B | (c<e)B<c A>BA<E | F>GF>E F>Ad>f | [1 (f/2e/2).d/2.c/2 (d/2c/2).B/2.A/2 A<FF<A :| [2 (f/2e/2).d/2.c/2 (e/2d/2).c/2.B/2 A2 A2 ||
{/d}uc<ee>f e>fa>e | (f/2g/2a/2f/2) e>c A>BA<E | F<ff>g a>gf>e| f/2e/2f/2g/2 a/2g/2f/2e/2 f2 f>e |
f<ae<f d<eB<c | A<cB<c A>BA<E | F<ff>g a>gf>e | [1 (d/2c/2B/2A/2) (B/2d/2c/2B/2) A<FF<A :| [2 (d/2c/2B/2A/2) (B/2d/2c/2B/2) A2 A2 S|]
W:The slurs in the 1st and 2nd time of 2nd part may be omitted as it suits the fancy of the player.
W:In the original there was no 2nd time in either part and is introduced to produce variety and
W:effect.

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