Miss Mercer's Reel

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 Theme code Index    1H57L2 3672H
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Robert Mackintosh
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Robert Mackintosh
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 27
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1804
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Miss Mercer’s Reel C:Robert Mackintosh M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Mackintosh – “A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels, also some Famous old Reels” (1804, p. 27) N:Dedicated to the Dutchess [sic] of Manchester N:Robert “Red Rob” Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808) was a Scottish violinist and N:composer active in Edinburgh at the end of the 18th century. Originally from N:Tullymet, near Pitlochry, Perthshire. He moved to London in the last decade N:of his life. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G e/f/|gfe dBG|(F/G/A)A A2c|Bcd efg|fge afd| gfe dBG|(F/G/A)A A2c|BdB cAF|[B,3D3G3][B,2D2G2]:| |:D/C/|B,DG FAc|Bdg fac’|bgf eag|fdd d2d|cea Bdg| Ace dBG|EcB AGF|[B,3D3G3][B,2D2G2]:|