Captain MacDonald's Reel

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 Theme code Index    3453 6L5L32
 Also known as    Capt. McDonald's Reel
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Campbell
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:9th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & Strathspey Reels
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 11
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1795
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 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Captain McDonald's Reel M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Campbell – 9th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & Strathspey B:Reels (1795, p. 11) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|F>AGB|A>D {G}(F/E/D)|B,DA,G|{G}T(F/E/D) EG| F>AGB|A>D T(F/E/D)|Fd GB|ADD:| a|(Tf/e/d) A>d|fdaf|{g}(Tf/e/d) a>d|geea| {g}(f/e/d) A>d|fdad|B<dAg|f(dd)g| {g}(Tf/e/d) A>d|g>baf|gefd|c>deg| f>d {d}(Tc/B/A)|B>d {B}(TAG/F/)|.G.B.A.c|dDD||


X:1 T:Capt. MacDonald's Reel T:Capt. McDonald's Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Preston's Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1796 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A|F>AGB A>D F/E/D|B,DA,G F/E/D EG|F>AGB A>D F/E/D|FdGB ADD:|| a|(fe/d/) A>d fdaf|f/e/d a>d ge2g|f/e/d A>d fdad|B<d Gg fd2g| (f/e/d) A>d g>baf|gefd c>deg|f>d cB/A/ B>d AG/F/|GBAc dD2||