Annotation:George the Fourth Reel

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 GEORGE THE FOURTH REEL. AKA - "King George the IV," "King's Reel (The)." Scottish, Reel. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A reel setting of the strathspey "King George IV's Welcome." Popular among Nova Scotia fiddlers as "King's Reel (The)" or "King (The)."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; p. 17. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 84, p. 22.  Recorded sources:

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