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MISS CORBETT('S REEL). AKA and see "New Demense (1) (The)." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Aird, Cole, O’Neill, Ryan): AAB (Kennedy). This 'double-tonic' tune is a variant of the “College Grove (The)” family of tunes, of which there are several excellent Irish cognates. O’Neill prints the tune in his Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody (1922) and gives his source as Glasgow musician James Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 (1797).

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Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5), 1797; p. 8 (appears as “Miss Corbet's Reel”). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 13. Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune-Book: Reels & Rants, Flings & Fancies), 1977; No. 130, p. 31. MacGlashan (A Collection of Strathspey Reels for the Piano Forte, Violin, or German Flute), 1796. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 202. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 36.

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-'''MISS CORBETT('S REEL).''' AKA and see "[[New Demense (1) (The)]]." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Aird, Cole, O’Neill, Ryan): AAB (Kennedy). This 'double-tonic' tune is a variant of the “[[College Grove (The)]]” family of tunes, of which there are several excellent Irish cognates. O’Neill prints the tune in his '''Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody''' (1922) and gives his source as Glasgow musician James Aird's '''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs'''.
+'''MISS CORBETT('S REEL).''' AKA and see "[[New Demense (1) (The)]]." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Aird, Cole, O’Neill, Ryan): AAB (Kennedy). This 'double-tonic' tune is a variant of the “[[College Grove (The)]]” family of tunes, of which there are several excellent Irish cognates. O’Neill prints the tune in his '''Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody''' (1922) and gives his source as Glasgow musician James Aird's '''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5''' (1797).
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