Annotation:Ardkinglas's Reel

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X:1 T: Ardkinglas's Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:David Young - The Drummond Castle Manuscript, Part 2 (1734, No. 29) B:https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond2.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Gdor B|D G2B AGTFE|D G2B cABG|ABcB TAGTFE|D G2B ABG:| |:B|Gg2a|f>gfc|dg2a bgag|f>gfd TcBTAF|D G2B ABG:|]

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Ardkinglas House, early 20th century.

ARDKINGLAS'S REEL. AKA and see "Caora Cròm (An)." Scottish, Reel (cut time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Arkinglas's Reel" is contained in amateur fiddler and writing master biography:David Young's Drummond Castle Manuscript, Part 2 (1734, No. 29), inscribed "A Collection of the best Highland Reels written by David Young, W.M. & Accomptant." The MS. is sometimes called the Duke of Perth MS for its dedicatee. Young also entered the tune into one of his later compilations, the MacFarlane Manuscript, Part 2 (c. 1741, No. 199, p. 239), albeit entitling it "Caora Cròm (An)."

wikipedia:Ardkinglas is a castle, country house and estate in Argyll, on the eastern shore of Loch Fyne near the village of Cairndow. The castle is thought to date from the 14th century. In David Young's time the castle was held by the Campbells of Arkinglas, Baronets, but by 1769 the castle had been reported destroyed. The family built successive country houses on the site, the last one in 1907 (considered the masterpiece of architect Robert Lorimer) that still serves as a family home (although occasionally opened to the public).

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