Annotation:Captain Murray's Reel

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X:1 T:Captain Murray's Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:key in one sharp in original ms. B:Rev. Luke Donnellan - Journal of the County Lough Archaeological B:Society vol. II (No. 2, Sept. 1909, No. 77) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Edor E/E/E BE cE BE|dBAF DEFD|E/E/E BE cEBE|dBAF BEEF| E/E/E BE cE BE|dBAF DEFD|E/E/E BE cEBE|dBAF BEE2|| Beef gfed|(3Bcd AF DEFA|Beef gfed|(3Bcd AF BEEF| Beef gfed|(3Bcd AF DEFA|afge fdec|dBAF BE E2||



CAPTAIN MURRAY'S REEL. Irish, Reel (cut time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Captain Murray's Reel" is contained in the music manuscript collection of curate and fiddler biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster[1] The reel is a member of the large Scottish and Irish "Hopetoun House" tune family.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection [O'Connor].

Printed sources : - Rev. Luke Donnellan, “Oriel Songs and Dances” (Journal of the County Louth Archeological Society, vol. II), No. 2, 1909; No. 77. O’Connor (The Rose in the Gap), 2018; No. 178, p. 94.






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  1. Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.
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