Annotation:Hector MacDonald's Reel

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 HECTOR MACDONALD'S REEL. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Perlman (1996) suspects the tune was converted from a march on eastern Prince Edward Island. It was named after the source's father, a famous PEI fiddler.  Source for notated version: Allan MacDonald (b. c. 1950, Bangor, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].  Printed sources: Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 83.  Recorded sources:

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