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LOCH AVON. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Composed by Biography:Alexander Walker, commemorating the lake at Park Villa, Strathdon (a parish in Aberdeenshire), according to the composer's note. Loch Avon, or Loch A'an [1], is the source of the River Avon in the Highlands eastern Scotland. Cairn Gorm lies to the north of the Loch.

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Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 150, p. 51.

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