Annotation:Captain MacDonald's Reel

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X:1 T:Captain McDonald's Reel M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Campbell – 9th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & Strathspey B:Reels (1795, p. 11) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|F>AGB|A>D {G}(F/E/D)|B,DA,G|{G}T(F/E/D) EG| F>AGB|A>D T(F/E/D)|Fd GB|ADD:| a|(Tf/e/d) A>d|fdaf|{g}(Tf/e/d) a>d|geea| {g}(f/e/d) A>d|fdad|B<dAg|f(dd)g| {g}(Tf/e/d) A>d|g>baf|gefd|c>deg| f>d {d}(Tc/B/A)|B>d {B}(TAG/F/)|.G.B.A.c|dDD||

CAPTAIN MACDONALD'S REEL. AKA - "Capt. McDonald's Reel." Scottish, Reel (2/4 or cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB.

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Campbell (9th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & Strathspey Reels), 1795; p. 11. Preston (Preston's Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1796), 1796;

Recorded sources: -

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