Annotation:John J. McPhee's Reel

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 JOHN J. McPHEE'S REEL. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. A Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The (irregular) 'B' part, as Perlman (1996) points out, is from "Jack Tar" while the 'A' part he suspects is probably converted from a march tune.  Source for notated version: Hughie McPhee, learned from his father John J. (B. 1924, Elmira, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Priest Pond) [Perlman].  Printed sources: Perlman (Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 93.  Recorded sources:

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