Annotation:Drumbain's Reel

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 DRUMBAIN'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. F major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Drumbain was the name of a farm close to Rothes. Biographer Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999) suggests that it was a waystop for Marshall on his way to Elgin from his farm of Keithmore, as Marshall attended church in Elgin and the way was long.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, p. 55.  Recorded sources:

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