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'''VIRGINIA REEL [1].''' AKA and see "[[Lord MacDonald (4)]]," "[[Leather Breeches]]," "[[Leather Britches]]." American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. In actuality this is a famous "floating" title applied many and various tunes which have been used for the dance and have claimed the title of "Virginia Reel," including "[[Sir Roger de Coverly]]," "[[Miss McCloud's Reel]]," "[[Old Dan Tucker]]" and others (see Burchenal, 1918). Mark Twain wrote in a letter to the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise dated January, 1863, that: "We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip, may be depended upon in any kind of musical emergency." The dance The Virginia Reel is derived from the English country dance "Sir Roger de Coverly."

'''VIRGINIA REEL [1].''' AKA and see "[[Lord MacDonald (4)]]," "[[Leather Breeches]]," "[[Leather Britches]]." American (Scottish, originally), Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is the Scottish "Lord MacDonald's Reel", a great favorite with fiddlers because of its rhythmic back and forth "sewing" motion when bowing the pattern between strings. The earliest publication of the tune with the "Virginia" title is on a single sheet published by George P. Reed in Boston in 1812, where "Lord MacDonald's Reel" is given as an alternate title.

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In actuality this is a famous "floating" title applied many and various tunes which have been used for the dance and have claimed the title of "Virginia Reel," including "[[Sir Roger de Coverly]]," "[[Miss McCloud's Reel]]," "[[Old Dan Tucker]]" and others (see Burchenal, 1918). Mark Twain wrote in a letter to the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise dated January, 1863, that: "We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip, may be depended upon in any kind of musical emergency." The dance The Virginia Reel is derived from the English country dance "Sir Roger de Coverly."

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-'''VIRGINIA REEL [1].''' AKA and see "[[Lord MacDonald (4)]]," "[[Leather Breeches]]," "[[Leather Britches]]." American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. In actuality this is a famous "floating" title applied many and various tunes which have been used for the dance and have claimed the title of "Virginia Reel," including "[[Sir Roger de Coverly]]," "[[Miss McCloud's Reel]]," "[[Old Dan Tucker]]" and others (see Burchenal, 1918). Mark Twain wrote in a letter to the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise dated January, 1863, that: "We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip, may be depended upon in any kind of musical emergency." The dance The Virginia Reel is derived from the English country dance "Sir Roger de Coverly."
+'''VIRGINIA REEL [1].''' AKA and see "[[Lord MacDonald (4)]]," "[[Leather Breeches]]," "[[Leather Britches]]." American (Scottish, originally), Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is the Scottish "Lord MacDonald's Reel", a great favorite with fiddlers because of its rhythmic back and forth "sewing" motion when bowing the pattern between strings. The earliest publication of the tune with the "Virginia" title is on a single sheet published by George P. Reed in Boston in 1812, where "Lord MacDonald's Reel" is given as an alternate title.
+[[File:virginiareel.jpg|200px|thumb|left|]]
+In actuality this is a famous "floating" title applied many and various tunes which have been used for the dance and have claimed the title of "Virginia Reel," including "[[Sir Roger de Coverly]]," "[[Miss McCloud's Reel]]," "[[Old Dan Tucker]]" and others (see Burchenal, 1918). Mark Twain wrote in a letter to the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise dated January, 1863, that: "We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip, may be depended upon in any kind of musical emergency." The dance The Virginia Reel is derived from the English country dance "Sir Roger de Coverly."
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