Annotation:Caledonian Hunt (2) (The)

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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 "annotation:Caledonian Hunt (1) (The)."

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music, vol. 1), 1891; p. 3. S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; p. 42. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 54. Robert Ross (Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances & Strathspeys), Edinburgh, 1780; p. 6.

Recorded sources: - WS 031703, Wendy MacIsaac - "Timeline" (2003).

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