Annotation:Floors Castle Reel

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FLOORS CASTLE. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Floors Castle [1], near Kelso in south-east Scotland, is an imposing manor house built in the 1720's by architect William Adam for the 1st Duke of Roxburghe. It remains the seat of the Earls and Dukes of Roxburgh, the Ker family.

"The Courtyard at Floors Castle, Kelso," a watercolour by Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1830-1923).



Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 118.

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