Annotation:Isle of Skye (1)

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 ISLE OF SKYE [1]. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major (most versions): G Major (Kennedy). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (McGlashan, Surenne): AAB (most versions): AABB (Bremner).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Bremner (A Collection of Scots Reels), 1757; p. 7. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1, 1799; p. 32. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; p. 27. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 73, p. 19. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 122. McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), c. 1786; p. 30. Petrie (2nd Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances), 1796; p. 23. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 279. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 14.  Recorded sources:  See also listing at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index

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