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LOCH-NESS. AKA and see "Sandy is My Darling." Scottish, Reel or Highland. A Dorian (Kennedy): A Minor/Dorian (Bremner, Glen, Johnson): B Minor (Aird). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1782; No. 39, p. 15. Bremner (A Collection of Scots Reels), 1757; p. 29. Glen (Glen Collection of Scottish Music), vol. 1, 1891; p. 24. S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; p. 44. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 105, p. 26.

Recorded sources: Maggie's Music MMCD222, Bonnie Rideout - "Scottish Fire" (2000).




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