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X:1 T:Baxter's Rant M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:David Young - The Drummond Castle Manuscript, Part 2 (1734, No. 27) B:https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond2.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amix E3e dGBG|A3e TcAeA|E/E/E E2 GABG|Aece aecA:| |:gg a/g/f/e/ dgBG|gg a/g/f/e/ aecA|gbeg dgBG|Aece aecA:|]



BAXTER'S RANT. Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The reel is contained in Edinburgh amateur violinist and writing master biography:David Young's Drummond Castle Manuscript, Part 2 (1734, No. 27), sometimes called the Duke of Perth Manuscript after its dedicatee. Young also included an identical version of "Baxter's Rant" in his MacFarlane Manuscript Book 2 (c. 1741, No. 189, p. 235).


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