Annotation:Lady Betty's Reel

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LADY BETTY'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. In William Bradbury Ryan's Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883), a later publication of the Boston-based Elias Howe's company, the tune appears as "Lady Harriet's." However, Howe's source for the tune was probably Providence, Rhode Island, violinist and dance fiddler George Saunders, who published "Lady Betty's" in his 1847 violin tutor.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 130. Saunders (New and Complete Instructor for the Violin), Boston, 1847; No. 24, p. 56.

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