Annotation:Captain MacBean's Reel

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X:63 T:Capt. Mac Bean's Reel M:12/8 L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C G|Tc>dc GEG Tc>dc GEG|cCD EFG AGF EDC|Tc>dc GEG Tc>dc GEG| edc {g}^f2g B(d/c/B/A/) G2::d/c/|B(d/c/B/A/) (GA)B c2d e2 (g/f/)|e(g/f/e/d/) (cd)e f2g a2g| (a/g/f/e/)d (ge)c (f/e/d/c/)B (ec)A|(G/A/B/c/)d EFD C3 C2:||

CAPTAIN MAC BEAN'S REEL. English, Jig (12/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1757 country dance collection.

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 63.

Recorded sources: -

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