Annotation:Duchess of Gordon's Reel (8)
X:1 T:Dutchess of Gordon’s Reel [8], The T:Miss Hay's Reel [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:John Riddell – Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets & c. for the Violin (c. 1782, p. 17) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A B|(A/B/c) T(BA) B(FF)B|(A/B/c) T(BA) A/A/A (ac)|(A/B/c) (TBA) BFF(B|TAF)EF A2[A,A]:| |:e|(a>ba)c T(BA)FA|(a>ba)c Acac|(a>ba)c BAFB|1 AFEF A2[A,A]:|2 AFEF A2A|| |:B|cAcA BFFB|cAcA A/A/A (ac)|cAcA {c}BAFB|1 AFEF A2A:|2 AFEF A2A,|| |:g|f/g/a (ec) {c}BAF=g|(f/g/a) ec Acac|dfec {c}TBAF(B|1 AF)EF A2A:|2 AFEF A2A,||
DUCHESS OF GORDON'S REEL [8]. AKA and see "Miss Hay's Reel (1)." Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'CC'DD'. The tune was published by Alexander McGlashan a few years after Riddell's publication, under the title "Miss Hay's Reel (1)."
