Annotation:Kelvarock's Strathspey

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 KELVAROCK. AKA and see "Kilvarock," "Kilrack's Reel." Scottish, Slow Strathspey. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "A very old tune," notes Gow in his First Collection (1784). See note for "Kilrack's" for more.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 79. Gow (The First Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); p. 26.  Recorded sources: Rounder Records 7032, Bill Lamey - "From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977" (2000).  See also listing at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index

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