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SAANDIE BURN REEL, DA. AKA – “Sandyburn Reel.” Shetland, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BBCCDD. Composed by Shetland fiddler Frank Jamieson (1919-1982) and named after his birthplace in Sandyburn/Saandie Burn, Leveneep. Jamieson lived in Vidlin, Shetland and was a company director (or an office manager) to a waving and knitting company in Lerwick, a well-known fiddler and composer and founder member of Shetland Fiddlers' Society. His family funds a Frank Jamieson Memorial Trophy for first place in the young fiddler category in the yearly Shetland competition.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Anderson & Georgeson (Da Mirrie Dancers), 1970; p. 34.

Recorded sources: -Fellside Records FE 018, Steve Turner - "Out Stack" (1980). Fretless 118, Marie Rhines - "Reconciliation" (1976). Lismor Records, Lothian Schools Strathspey & Reel Society - "The Grand Gaelic Concert" (1991).



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