Annotation:Mr. F. Campbell Ardmore's Reel
X:1 T:Mr. F. Campbell Ardmore's Reel 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. 21) 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:A A2 cA cecA|BcBA GABG|A2 cA eAcA|Fd BG A2A2:| {g}a2 ed cdec|BcBA GB Bg|a2 ed cdeA|FdBG A2 Ag| A2 ed cdeA|BcBA GABG|AcBd cedf|ecdB A2A2||
MR. F. CAMPBELL ARDMORE'S REEL. Scottish, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. F. Campbell Ardmore's Reel" was composed by Islay fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Mackay (born 1775) for one of the children of Archibald and Helen Campbell of Ardmore, Islay. Farquhard Campbell (1810-1831) was a boy when Mackay composed this tune and died a young man some ten years after Mackay published his collection. Mackay composed tunes for the entire family. See note for "annotation: Mr. Archibald Campbell Ardmore's Reel" for more on Mackay and the Campbells.
