Annotation:Invercauld's Reel (2)

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 INVERCAULLD'S/INVERCAULD'S REEL. AKA and see "O Tibby I hae seen the day." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Invercauld House, a baronial mansion in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, built on the site of an older castle, is the seat of Clan Farquharson. Musically, the tune is pentatonic or hexatonic, except for grace notes. The second strain of "Invercauld's Reel" is the same as the first strain of "John R. Fraser." See also strathspeys that go by the same title, "Invercauld (1)" and "Invercauld (2)."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 38, pp. 60-61.  Recorded sources:

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