Annotation:Lurg's Reel
X:1 T:Lurg's Reell M:C| L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Cumming - Collection of Strathspey or Old Highland Reels (1780, No. 43, p. 15) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A A>c E>F A>B c>e|f>af>c B/B/B B2|A>c E>F A>B c>e|(f/e/f/g/ a)c A/A/A A2:| |:a>ef>c e/e/e ae|f>ae>c B/B/B B2|A>c E>F A>Bc>e|(f/e/f/g/ a)c A/A/A A2:|]
LURG'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the melody in print in Robert Ross's 1780 collection (p. 15), although it also appears in Angus Cumming's collection of the same year (A Collection of Strathspeys or Old Highland Reels, Edinburgh, 1780, p. 15). Cummings, who died in 1779, was the piper and fiddler for Sir James Grant of Grant, one of a line of Cummings to hold such a position for the Grant family.
The Lurg (the Lurig) is a pool on the river Spey, considered the most rapid river in Scotland. It is located near the Old Spey Bridge near Grantown and is a popular fly-fishing locale for Atlantic salmon.
