Annotation:Miss Mary Mackay's Reel
X:1 T:Miss Mary Mackay's Reel C:Robert Mackintosh M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Robert Mackintosh – “A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels, also some Famous old Reels” (1804, p. 14) N:Dedicated to the Dutchess [sic] of Manchester N:Robert “Red Rob” Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808) was a Scottish violinist and N:composer active in Edinburgh at the end of the 18th century. Originally from N:Tullymet, near Pitlochry, Perthshire. He moved to London in the last decade N:of his life. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C c|~c3 AGE|GEC GAB|~(cBc) AGE|AFD D2B| ~(cBc) AGE|GAB cde|fga gaf|ecc c2:| e/f/|gec gec|~(fef) agf|gec cde|dBG G2 e/f/| gec gec|fga agf|efg fed|[E3G3c3][E2G2c2] e/f/| gec gec|fga agf|gec cde|dBG AGF| EFG FGA|GAB cde|fag fed|[E3G3c3][E2G2c2]||
MISS MARY MACKAY'S REEL. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tune (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Mary Mackay's Reel" was composed by Edinburgh fiddler-composer and bandleader Robert Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808), and was printed in his Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels (c. 1804). Despite the word 'reel' in the title, the tune is a 6/8 time jig. According to musicologist Charles Gore, Mackintosh's convention was to name jigs as 'reels', a practice shared by a few of his contemporaries. Whether the term 'reel' refers to a dance in this context is not known.
