Caledonian Hunt (2) (The)
X:1 T:Caledonian Hunt [2], The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Ross – Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances B:& Strathspeys (Edinburgh, 1780, p. 6) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amix e|TcA A/A/A (EA)A=c|BGdB gded|TcA A/A/A (EA)(A=c)|BGgB A/A/A A:| g|agab abae|gaeg BGdB|agab abae|degB A/A/A (Ag)| abga egdg|Bgdg BGdB|=cAdB dega|gegB A/A/A A||
CALEDONIAN HUNT [2], THE. Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Glen, Johnson, Ross): AABB (Skye). Glen (1891) finds the melody first in print in Robert Ross's 1780 collection (p. 6). For more on the subject of the title, see note for "Caledonian Hunt (1) (The)."