Annotation:Mrs. McDowell's Reel

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X:8 T:Mrs. McDowell’s Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel/Country Dance O:Ireland B:Tracy’s selection of the present favorite country dances (179?) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F (A/B/c) cc (B>d) d2|(A/B/c) AF (EG)GB|(A/B/c) cc (B/c/d/e/) fd|cABG F2F2:|| ~g2 ae fcfa|~g2 af egga|~g2 ae fcfd|cABG F2 Fa| ~g2 ae fcfa|~2 af eggb|afcf ecfd|cABG F2F2|]



MRS. McDOWELL'S REEL. AKA - "Mrs. MacDougal Grant." Scottish, Irish; Strathspey, Reel or Country Dance (whole or cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. An early version of the tune is contained in a small volume called Tracy's selection of the present favorite country dances, published in Dublin in the 1790's. Tracy was evidently a dancing master who practiced in the city.

The first strain is substantially the same as the first strain of "Trip to Inchcomb (A)" as well as "Mrs. MacDowal Grant."


Additional notes



Printed sources : - Joseph Lowe (Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 6), 1844-45; p. 21 (as "Mrs. MacDougal Grant").






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