Countess of Breadalbane's Reel

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 Theme code Index    113L5L 4L226L
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 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    B
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Malcolm MacDonald
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels (A)
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 1
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1791
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COUNTESS OF BREADALBANE'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The melody appears in the 4th collection of Malcolm MacDonald of Dunkeld, a volume dedicated to the Countess of Breadalbane. See note for "Countess of Breadalbane", the companion strathspey.

Printed source: MacDonald (A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1797; p. 1.


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T:Countess of Breadalbane's Reel
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L:1/8
R:Reel
S:MacDonald - 4th Collection of Strathspey Reels (1797)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
d | B2 BF DB,FD | EC c=B cGGc | B2 BF DB,FD | ECFE DB,B, :| 
f | dBfB bgfB | dBfB Acce |1 dBfB bgfB | Fcec dBB :|2 
dBcA BG!trill!FE | Dgfe dBB ||


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