Annotation:Lady Whiteford's Reel (2)

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X:1 T:Lady Whiteford’s Reel [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:John Riddell of Ayr – Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets &c. B:for the Violin (1782, p. 38) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gdor (c/B/A)|BdB AcA|BdB AcA|cAF F2f|cAF F2A| BdB AcA|BdB AcA|d=BG G2g|d=BG G2:| ^f|gdg bag|ag^f g=f_e|dcB {B}A2f|cAF F2^f| gdg bag|ag^f g=f_e|dc=B {B}A2g|d=BG G2^f| gdg bag|ag^f g=f_e|dcB {B}A2f|cAF F2A| BAB cBc|dcd gf_e|dc=B {B}A2g|d=BG G2||



LADY WHITEFORD'S REEL [2]. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearence of the tune in print in Ayrshire fiddler-composer biography:John Riddell's 1782 second collection (p. 38), issued by Glasgow musician and music publisher James Aird.

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Printed sources : - Riddell (A Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets, &c.), 1782; p. 38.

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