Betty Boyle

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 Theme code Index    3L4L5L 157L
 Also known as    Lady Betty Boyle's Reel
 Composer/Core Source    Robert Mackintosh
 Region    England, Scotland
 Genre/Style    English, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    B
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    
 History    ENGLAND(North West)
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Jaime Knowles
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Northern Frisk
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 53
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1988
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 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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X:1
T:Lady Betty Boyle's Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Gow – 3rd Repository  (1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
d|B2 (D/E/F) (E/F/G) (F/G/A)|(B/c/d/e/) fB A(cc>)d|BfAf GBFB|EGFA BB,B,:|
f|(d/c/B) df gBfB|ecdB Accf|(d/c/B) Af eGFd|GcFA BB,B,f|
(d/c/B) df gBfB|(e/d/c) (d/c/B) A(cc>)d|ecGE dBFD|EGFA BB,B,||


BETTY BOYLE. English, Reel. England, North-West. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune was composed by Scots fiddler-composer Robert "Red Rob" Mackintosh, as "Lady Betty Boyle."

Printed source: Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 53.

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