Cross Reel (Da)

 CROSS REEL(, DA). AKA and see "Cross Rig," "General Howe," "The Lasses/Lassies of Stewarton." Shetland, Reel. D Major/G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCDAA (Brody): AABB (Anderson). According to Cooke (1986) the tune is a cousin to the Scottish tune "The Lasses of Stewarton" (Stewartown, Stewingtown) {also the name of a country dance first published c. 1794}, though the Shetland versions are usually asymmetrical and the Scottish not. "One Shetland version is shown in Ex. 12 and it is likely that it is derived from the Scottish tune but that fiddlers and dancers modified it in early days so that it fitted their preference for asymmetrical structures. The tune was danced in Whalsay (the tune is also known on that island as "General Howe") during this century, where I was told that to perform it they had to do a 'double dancing turn' (i.e. dance for twice as long)" (Cooke, 1986). Source for notated versions: Tom Anderson (Shetland) [Brody], Bobbie Peterson (Tingwall Mainland, Shetland) [Cooke]. Printed sources: Anderson (Ringing Strings), 1983, p. 61. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 80. Cooke (The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles), 1986; Ex. 12, p. 62. Recorded sources: Philo 2019, Tom Anderson and Aly Bain- "The Silver Bow." See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources.

X:1 T:Cross Reel M:C L:1/8 K:D "D"fage f2 f2|"D"ABAF D3 f|"D"gfed "C"=c2 c2|1"C"EDEF "G"G2 e2:|2 "C"EDEF "G"G3 A|| K:G "G"B2 BG "D"AFAF|"G"B2 BG "D"A3 A|"G"B2 BG "D"AFAD|"D"EDEF "G"G3 D|| K:G "D"FGAc "G"BGBG|"D"AFAF d4|"D"FGAc "G"BGBG|"D"AFAF "G"G3 A|| K:D "D"defg afde|"D"fdfg a2 fe|"D"defg afdf|"C"e=cef g2 ge|"D"defg afde|"D"fdfg a2 ag||

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