Annotation:Miss Munro of Dornoch's Reel

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X:1 T:Miss Munro of Dornoch's Reel C:Donald Grant M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, p. 18) B:The volume was perhaps first issued c. 1790, from a penciled note in a copy. N:The collection was dedicated to Mrs. Col. Grant of Grant (“Sir James and N:Lady Grant of Grant”). S: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105814024 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|d2 Ad FGAF|Ee-ed cABc|dABG FGAg-|fdec {c}d2 df| d2Ad FGAF|Eeed cABc|dABG FDDF|GECE D2D|| e|f2 df ecAc|BcdB AFDA|BcdB ecAg-|fdec {c}d2 dg| f2 df ecAc|BcdB AFDF|GABG AFDF|GEDC D2D||



MISS MUNRO OF DORNOCH'S REEL. Scottish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Dòrnach or Dornoch[1], Sutherland, is acoastal village in the Highlands that sits on the western coast overlooking the North Sea toward Norway. It lies on the north shore of the "Caolas Dhòrnaich" or bay where it opens to the east into Moray firth. "Miss Munro of Dornoch's Reel" is similar to, but not cognate with French's Miss J. Cumming's Reel."


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Printed sources : - Donald Grant (Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.), 1820-21; p. 18.






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  1. The word dòrnach in Gaelic means 'pebbly'.