Captain Keeler

Find traditional instrumental music


Captain Keeler  Click on the tune title to see or modify Captain Keeler's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Special:Browse/:Captain Keeler
Query the Archive
Query the Archive
 Theme code Index    3b57b3bH 3b524
 Also known as    Captain Keller, Black-Eyed Lassie, Captain Keller's Reel, Lowland Amusement
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Joshua Campbell
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Collection of New Reels & Highland Strathspeys &c.
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 3
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1789
 Artist    Biography:John 'Dancie' Reid
 Title of recording    Scottish Tradition 9: The Fiddler and his Art
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Greentrax CDTRAX 9009
 Year recorded    1993
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Capt. Kellers Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Joshua Campbell – A Collection of New Reels & Highland Strathspeys (Glasgow, 1789, p. 3) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmin A|B2 (d/c/B) fdbd|B/B/B (d/c/B) TA>FcA|B2 (d/c/B) fdbd|T(c>A)FA (B>G)G:| |:G|(DG)(BG) (dG)(BG)|(DG)(BG) (AF)cA|1 (GB)(BG) (dG)(BG)| T(c>A)FA BGG:|2 (DG)(BG) (dB)(gd)|(c'a)fa bgg|]


X:2 T:Capt. Keller's Reel M:4/4 L:1/8 S:McGoun's Repository c.1803 Z:Paul Kinder R:Reel K:Gmin A|B2 (3dcB fdbd|B/2B/2B (3dcB AFcA|B2 (3dcB fdbd|c>AFA BG G2:| |:G|DGBG dGBG|DGBG AFcA|1 DGBG dGBG| cAFA BG G2:||2 DGBG dBgd|c'afa bg g2|]


X:1 T:Captain Keller’s Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:John Gow – A Favorite Collection of Slow Airs, B:Strathspeys and Reels (London, c. 1804, p. 5) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gdor A|B2 (d/c/B) gBbB|B2 (d/c/TB) AFcA|B2 d/c/B fBbB|cAFA BG G:| |:d|(DG)(BG) (dG)(BG)|DGBG AFcA|DGBG dGBG|cAFA BG G:|]


X:3 T:Captain Keeler M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Surenne - Dance Music of Scotland, p. 42 (1852) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A G | A2 (3cBA eAaA | A2 (3cBA GEBG | A2 (3cBA eAaA | BGEG AFFG | A2 (3cBA eAaA | A2 (3cBA GEBG | A2 (3cBA eAaA | BGEG AFF || A | CFAF cFAF | CFAF GEBG | CFAF cFAF | BGEG AFFA | CFAF cFAF | CFAF GEBG | CFAF cFAF | BGEG AFF |]


X:1 T:Captain Keeler's Reel M:C| L:1/ R:Reel B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 33) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmin A|B2 (d/c/B) fBbB|B2 (d/c/B) AFcA|B2 (d/c/B) fBbB|cAFA BGG:| B|DGBG dGBG DGBG AFcA|DGBG dGBG|cAFA BGGB| (DG)BG (dG)BG|(DG)BG (AF)cA|(Bc)d=e (fg)fd|(cA)FA (BG)G|]


X:1 T:Captain Keeler M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Gmin F|~B2 d/c/B fBbB|~B2 d/c/B AFcA|~B2 d/c/B fBbB|cAFA BGG:| B|DGBG dGBG|DGBG AFcA|DGBG dGBG|cAFA BGGB| DGBG dGBG|DGBG AFcA|DGBG dGBG|cAFA BGG|]


X:4 T:Captain Keeler. WES.106 M:C L:1/8 R:Reel Q:1/4=140 B:T.Westrop's 120 Country Dances, Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes, Strathspeys, Spanish Waltz etc.for the Violin, n.d.(c.1923) Z:R.Greig 2010 K:Bb E|B2(3dcB fBbB|B2(3dcB AFcA|B2 (3dcB fBbB|cAFA BGG:|! |:B|DGBG dGBG|DGBG AFcA|DGBG dGBG|cAFA BGG:|]