Miss Spence's

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on August 23rd 2005 by Bren.

This tune has been added to 17 tunebooks.

Also known as Miss Spence, Spence's, Spencie's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Beating Harps by Sileas
• Harvest Home by Filska
• The Gathering by Various Artists
• The Silver Bow: The Fiddle Music Of Shetland by Tom Anderson And Aly Bain

X: 1
T: Miss Spence's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|:A | d2 AG F2 DF | E =C2 E c3 A | B2 AG F2 D2 | D d2 c d3 :|
|:e | fafd fafd | egec egec | fafd fafd | egec d3 :|

My first submission

A simple Shetland tune that can have many variations.
The first Shetland tune I learned, in 1982 from a fiddler who told me that "everyone knows it".
It doesn't seem to be that well-known now, so it must be time for a revival.
There's quite a variation in the way fiddlers hit the C natural, often times with a "Scotch snap"

# Posted on August 23rd 2005 by Bren

And, of course, the second C in bar 2 should be natural as well.
I believe this is often played after Da Ferry Reel and Lay Dee at Dee.

# Posted on September 3rd 2007 by DonaldK