Annotation:Miss Jean Campbell Ardmore's Reel
X:1 T:Miss Jean Campbell Ardmore's Reel 1807-1860 C:Alexander Mackay M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes… B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 13) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947 N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield. N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings. N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F A|FDA,C FGAF|BGAF DGGA|FCA,C FGAF|BdcB AFF:| e|fcfa fcfa|gcgf egga|fcfa fcag|fdcf AF Fe| fcfa fcfa |gcgf egga|fadf cfAc|BdcB AFF||
MISS JEAN CAMPBELL ARDMORE'S REEL. Scottish, Reel (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Jean Campbell Ardmore's Reel" was composed by Islay fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Mackay (born 1775). It is one of a number of tunes composed for the family of Archibald and Helen Campbell of Ardmore, Islay. Jean Campbell (1807-1860) was one of their children. See note for "annotation:Mr. Archibald Campbell Ardmore's Reel" for more on Mackay and the Campbells.
