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GENERAL STEWART. AKA - "General David Stewart." AKA and see "Captain David Stewart 42nd Royal Highlander's Reel," "Lady Muir MacKenzie," "Mrs. Muir MacKenzies." Scottish, Canadian; Reel (whole or cut time). Canada, Cape Breton. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune often follows "Athole Brose" in a stepdance medley on Cape Breton (as it does, for example, on John L. MacDonald's recording).

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Buddy MacMaster (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg].

Printed sources : - Corfield (Tunes from New Brunswick), 2024; p. 50 (as "General David Stewart"). Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape Breton), 1996; p. 76.

Recorded sources : - ATL 8835, Dave MacIsaac & Scott MacMillan - "Live" (1993). CLM 1000, Carl MacKenzie - "Tullochgorum" (1979). JAD-1, Jackie Dunn - "Dunn to a T" (1995). Rounder Records , John L. MacDonald - "Formerly of Foot Cape Road: Scottish Fiddle Music in the Classic Inverness County Style" (2005).

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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