Annotation:Mr. William Campbell Ardmore's Reel
X:1 T:Mr. William 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. 6) 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:G G2 EG FADF|Ggfe dGBG|G2 BG E2 (EG)|FGAB AFDA:| G2 BG dGBG|Bcde dGBG|G2 BG dGBG|FGAB AFDA| G2 BG dGBG|Bcde dGBG|Ggfe dGBd|EFGB AFDA||
MR. WILLIAM CAMPBELL ARDMORE'S REEL. Scottish, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. William Campbell Ardmore's Reel" was composed by Islay fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Walker (born 1775) probably for one of the children of Archibald and Helen Campbell of Ardmore. Mackay composed tunes for each member of the family and included them in hisA Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes (c. 1822). Ancestry.com does not list a William as one of the children born to the couple, but the entry may be incomplete. See note for "annotation:Mr. Archibald Campbell Ardmore's Reel" for more on the family.
