Annotation:Francis Beaton Reel

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 FRANCIS BEATON REEL. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Composed by fiddler Donald Angus Beaton (1912-1982) of Mabou Coal Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources:  Recorded sources: Rounder 7011, "The Beatons of Mabou: Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton" (1978). Smithsonian Folkways Records, SFW CD 40507, The Beaton Family of Mabou - "Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music" (2004).  See also listing at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index:

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