Emmeline Schottische

 

This composition can now be correctly attributed to Harry Spratt and dated to no later than 1877. Initially  research suggested that the tune may relate to an earlier 1869 tune of the same name written by London-based composer W. H. Montgomery. In fact Spratt's Emmeline Schottische is his own original composition that he included in his Banjo Melodist No.1, London, 1877.

This tune as originally published in Banjo Melodist No.1 (1877) was in the keys of A and D for a 6-string banjo tuned eABEG#B. For the project recording the tune was transposed to G and C for a 7-string banjo tuned gGCDGBD. Banjo tab for the tune as published in the original keys of A and D is below.