X:212
T:The Marquis of Huntly's Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:McGoun's Repository c.1803
R:Reel
K:Bb
D<GG>E D<G G2|"tr"F>GAB c<AF>A|D<GG>F D<G G2|fc d/2c/2B/2A/2 {A}G2 G2|
D<GG<F D<GGA|F>GA>B c/2B/2A/2G/2 FA|D<GG>F D<GGg|fc d/2c/2B/2A/2 {A}G2
G2||g>abg d>gbg|a/2g/2f/2d/2 c>d fcaf|g>abg dgbg|b/2a/2g/2f/2 d^f g/2g/2
g g2|
g>abg afgd|f>cdf AFcA|D>GG>F D>G G2|fc d/2c/2B/2A/2 {A}G2 G2||
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% This fine reel first published in 1781 is but one of many composed by
% Wm. Marshall who for thirty years was in the service of the Duke of
% Gordon as butler and house steward. In music as in other
% accomplishments he was entirely self taught. His playing of
% strathspeys and reels was so inspiring, it is said, that neither the
% old nor the young could overcome their inclination to dance. As an
% amateur violin player of Scottish dance music, he was unrivalled in
% the last half of the 18th Century. No composer of his time was so
% victimized by plagiarists who appropriated his tunes, changed a few
% notes, and passed them off as their own under different titles.