Annotation:John MacKenzie's Fancy

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 JOHN MACKENZIE'S FANCY. Scottish, Pipe Hornpipe. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The hornpipe form on the Scottish great-pipes is a relatively recent invention of the last thirty or forty years. The piece was composed by James A. Barrie.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 4), 1991; John Macfadyen's Book 2. William & James Barrie (A Lifetime of Compositions).  Recorded sources: Maggie's Music MM213, Robin Bullock - "Midnight Howl". Temple Records TP021, Battlefield Band - "On the Rise" (1986).  See also listing at: Hear a 1972 recording of the tune played by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod at Tobar an Dualchais

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