Annotation:North Highland Reel (2) (A)
X:1 T:North Highland Reel [2], A M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:Compare with “Honorable Captain Maitland’s”/”Captain Maitland’s” B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes… B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 22) 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 g|G/G/G BG cAFA|G/G/G BG dGBG|AGBG cAFA|GcBA G2 G:| e|dBgB ABce|dBgB aBgB|dBgB ABce|dcBA G2 Ge| dBgB ABce|dBgB dega|gedB ABce|dcBA G2G||
NORTH HIGHLAND REEL [2], A. Scottish, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "North Highland Reel [2]" was included in Islay fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Mackay's (born 1773) A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tune (Glasgow, c. 1822). Compare the tune with "Captain Maitland's/Honorable Captain Maitland's", particularly the first strains. The tunes are distanced but may be cognate.
