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Image	Title	Item Description
JSS0011	Wallace	Skinner described this tune as a 'Patriotic Pastoral'. He intended it to be followed by the reel Dumbarton Castle. The two tunes then connect as 'revenge' for 'the death of Lady Wallace'. Note the descriptions: 'pipe drones', 'marching', soldiers'. You can listen to Skinner playing this by clicking on the audio link below (cd111a).
JSS0012	Wallace, verso	An instruction to Greig, the editor of the Harp & Claymore collection, written by Skinner on the reverse of the 'Wallace' pastoral. Skinner felt that 'Wallace' was a particularly strong and patriotic starting point for a 'patriotic collection'.
JSS0013	The Braes o' Auchtertyre	This copy has been cut out from Skinner's 'Scottish Violinist' collection. He has added in an accompaniment. The melody is thought to be by James Crockat (active early C18). This strathspey was originally a reel - the notes were not dotted.
JSS0014	The Braes o' Auchtertyre	This version of lines 1 & 2 of Auchtertyre has been written out as Skinner would have played it, showing various devices he used. Bar 9 shows his 'straight slur' which gives a special effect with the bow.
JSS0015	Braes o' Auchtertyre	Lines 3 and 4 of Auchtertyre have been written out as Skinner would have played them, showing various devices he used. Skinner has used the key of A major, a more straightforward key for fiddlers to play in than C major, the original key of the piece.
JSS0016	How I wish Gavin Greig to clothe that / and [?] o' Bon-Accord	The Bonnie Lass o' Bon-Accord was inspired by an Aberdeen servant lass Skinner met called Wilhelmina Bell. 'Bon-Accord' is the expression Aberdonians often used to refer to Aberdeen. Note Skinner's descriptive notes. The extended title shows how Skinner was very keen for Gavin Greig to arrange this melody: 'to clothe' it. Click on the audio link below to hear Skinner playing it.
JSS0017	Notes	Note from Skinner to Greig about how the collection is progressing. He also mentions a visit from a Mr Ferguson, of Bayley & Ferguson, publishers of the Harp & Claymore Collection. Skinner often made notes on the back of pieces of his manuscript music and even in between the lines of the music itself.
JSS0018	Bonnie Lass o' Bon-Accord, Minor Mode	Skinner has included fingering and bowing marks in this variation of The Bonnie Lass o' Bon-Accord. His 'straight slur' bowing devices are marked in bars 3, 5 & 7. The squiggle or 'loop', seen between the last two notes, tells the player to drag the bow. This gives a particular type of sound.
JSS0019	Mar Castle	This pastoral has been written out by Gavin Greig. Although it is a violin solo, Greig has arranged it here for violin with piano accompaniment. Greig described it as a Strathspey - Skinner struck this out and replaced it with 'Pastoral'.
JSS0020	Note to Gavin Greig re Mar Castle	This note from Skinner to Greig shows some alterations he wishes Greig to make to the arrangement of Mar Castle. The bars affected are marked 'A', 'B' & 'C' and are also marked as such in JSS0019.

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