Earl of Elgins Favourite Strathspey [E]

X: 3051
T: Earl of Elgins Favourite    Strathspey   [E]
C: by Nath.Gow
%R: air, strathspey
B: Niel Gow & Sons "A Third Collection of Strathspey Reels, etc." v.3 p.5 #1 (top 2 staves continued from p.4)
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Published in E major; also transcribed to D for the benefit of scale-limited instruments (or musicians).
M: 2/4
L: 1/16
Q: "Very Slow"
K: E
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% Voice 1 reformatted for _ _-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 clef=treble staves=2
B,2 |\
(EFG2) B,2B,2 | TC2DE B,3E | C2F2TF2E2 | TD3E F2GA ||\
{GA}.B2.G2 .E2.B,2 | TC2DE B,2E2 | !f!C2A>F G>EF>D | E2[E2G,2][E2G,2] :| B2 |\
Te3f g2g2 | (.f2.f2) Te4 | c2f2 f2e2 | Td3e f2a2 ||
{a}g>fga (.b2.b2) | !f![f2d2][f2d2] [g4e4] | Tc2a>f g>ef>d | e4 E2G2 ||\
!p!(A2f2) TF3A | (G2e2) TE3G | A2C2!f!TF3E | {E}D4 {D}TC3B, ||\
!p!B2B2c2d2 | {f}e3c B2G2 | !f!E2E2 [A2D2][G2E2] | G2TF2E2 |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z2 |\
e4 [e4g4] | [e4a4] [e4g4] | [e4a4] [f4^a4] | b4 B4 ||\
E6 [e2g2] | [e4a4] [e4g4] |!f! [e4a4] b2B2 | e2B2E2 :|\
z2 |\
e'2e2 e'2e2 | d'2b2 e'2g2 | a4 f2a2 |
b2f2 B4 ||\
e2e'2 e2e'2 | !f!b2b2 c'2g2 | a4 b2B2 | e2B2 E4 ||\
!p!f4 d4 | e4 G4 | F4 ^A4 | B4 =a4 ||\
!p!g2e2 a2f2 | g2a2g2e2 | !f!z2g2f2e2 | b2B2e2 |]

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Gow/CSR-abc1/0207
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Gow/CSR-abc2/0207
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Gow/CSR/CSR3-abc1/0018
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Gow/CSR3-abc1/0018
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Gow/CSR3-abc2/0018