McDonald's Reel

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Theme code Index	5551H 51H2H2
Also known as	Lord MacDonald (4), Virginia Reel (1), Leather Breeches, Leather Britches
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, United States
Genre/Style	Contra, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:M.E. Eames
Book/Manuscript title	Book:M.E. Eames music manuscript collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 7
Year of publication/Date of MS	1859
Artist	Biography:Jasper Bisbee
Title of recording	McDonald's Reel
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Edison 51278 (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1923
Media
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McDonald's Reel: Annotations

X:1 T:McDonald’s Reel M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:M.E. Eames music manuscript book, frontispiece dated Aug. 22nd, 1859 (p. 7) S: http://archive.org/details/MEEamesBook N:Eames was perhaps from Philadelphia Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B|d3e d>Bg>B|d>Bg>B aAAB|d^cde dBgB|A/B/cBA BGGB| d3e d>Bg>B|d>Bg>B aAAB|d^cde dBgB|A/B/cBA BGG|| B|DGBG AGBG|DGBG AGAB|DGBG AGBG|dedc BGGB| DGBG AGBG|DGBG A>GEA|BAGF GFED|EFGA BGG|| B|d3e dBgB|dBgB aAAB|d^cde dBgB|A/B/cBA BGGB| d3e d>Bg>B|dBgB aAAB|d^cde dBgB|A/B/c BA BGG|| g|(dg)(bg) (ag)(bg)|(dg)(Bg) (ag)(eg)|(dg)(bg) (ag)(bg)|d>edc BGGg| (dg)(bg) (ag)(bg)|(dg)(bg) (ag)(eg)|(ba).g.f (gf)(ed)|efga bgg||

X:1 T:McDonald's Reel T:Lord MacDonald M:C| L:1/8 N:From an August 1, 1966, field recording of the playing of Fidel N:Martin (1891-1976) of Berlin N.H., originally from Rogersville, NB, recorded N:by folklorist Art Rosenbaum. Martin, a WWI veteran, had a repertory that N:consisted of “Down East”, Acadian, Irish, American and French-Canadian tunes. D: https://bmac.libs.uga.edu/index.php/Detail/objects/331630 F:UGA Brown Media Archives: identifier artrosen_00180 (Track 15 -13:21 of the tape) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G P:A ef|ggbg agbg|ggbg agef|(g/f/g)bg agbg|d2ed BGBd| ggbg agbg|ggbg agef|ga (g/f/g/a/) gfed|egfg a2ef| (g/f/g)bg agbg|dgbg agef|(g/f/g)bg agbg|dddc BGBd| ggbg agbg|dgbg agef|J.g2 gf gf((3g/f/e/d)|egfg af g2|| P:B Bdde dBg2|dgBg aAA2|Bcde dBB2|AA{Bc}BA BGDG| Bdde dBgB|dBgB aAAc|Bcde dB g2|ABcA BGDG|| P:C DGBG AGBG|DGBG AGEF|G2 BG DGBG|DEDC B,DEF| GGBG DGBG|AG (B/c/B) AGAB|cBAG FEDF |EFGA BGAF| (G/A/G)BG AGBG|AGBG AGEF|GGBG AGBG|DEDC B,DEF| G2 BG AGBG|DG(Bc/B/) A2AB|cBAG (E/F/E)DF |EFGA BGDG|| P:D Bdde dBgg |dgbg aAA2| Bcdd dBgg |ABcA BGDG | Bdde dBgB |dBgg aAAc |Bcde dBgB |ABcA BGAe/f/|| P:A' (g/f/g)bg agbg|dgbg agef|ggbg agbg|Jd2 dc BGBd| Jg2bg agbg|d2bg a2ab|c'2a>g (f/g/f) ed|[M:6/4]e>gfg af (g/f/g/a/) (g/f/g-g2)||

McDonald's Reel: Annotations