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|f_annotation='''LADY DOUGLAS'S REEL.''' AKA and see "[[All Round the Room]]," "[[Light Horseman's Reel (The)]]," "[[Shropshire Reel]]." Scottish, Reel (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The reel is attributed to the mysterious "W.J." who is credited with a half-dozen tunes in publisher James Alexander's '''Alexander's 50 New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes''' (c. 1826). The volume was edited by a "professional musician," who is perhaps "W.J." himself, or "W.J." may have been merely a contributor. The reel may or may not predate Alexander's collection, however, for it appears in the 1823 music manuscript collection of musician Robert Hughes (Whitchurch, Shropshire) as "[[Shropshire Reel]]." The reel was entered twice into the c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim musician [[biography:Stephen Grier|Stephen Grier]] (see "[[All | |f_annotation='''LADY DOUGLAS'S REEL.''' AKA and see "[[All Round the Room]]," "[[Light Horseman's Reel (The)]]," "[[Shropshire Reel]]." Scottish, Reel (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The reel is attributed to the mysterious "W.J." who is credited with a half-dozen tunes in publisher James Alexander's '''Alexander's 50 New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes''' (c. 1826). The volume was edited by a "professional musician," who is perhaps "W.J." himself, or "W.J." may have been merely a contributor. The reel may or may not predate Alexander's collection, however, for it appears in the 1823 music manuscript collection of musician Robert Hughes (Whitchurch, Shropshire) as "[[Shropshire Reel]]." The reel was entered twice into the c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim musician [[biography:Stephen Grier|Stephen Grier]] (see "[[All Round the Room]]"). | ||
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|f_printed_sources= Alexander ('''Alexander’s Fifty New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes'''), c. 1826; No. 18, p. 9. | |f_printed_sources= Alexander ('''Alexander’s Fifty New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes'''), c. 1826; No. 18, p. 9. | ||
Latest revision as of 23:55, 2 May 2024
X:1 T:Lady Douglas's Reel C:"W.J." M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Alexander – “Alexander’s Fifty New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes” (c. 1826, No. 18, p. 9) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2 B>d g2 d>B|g2 d>B c>A A2|G2 B>d g2 d>B|c>ed>c B>G G2:|| g>fg>e f>ga>f|g>fg>a b>ee>f|g>fg>e f>ga>f|g>e d>c B>G G2| g>fg>e f>ga>f|g>fg>a b>ee>f|g>d b>f g>d e>c|B>d A>c B>G G2||
LADY DOUGLAS'S REEL. AKA and see "All Round the Room," "Light Horseman's Reel (The)," "Shropshire Reel." Scottish, Reel (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The reel is attributed to the mysterious "W.J." who is credited with a half-dozen tunes in publisher James Alexander's Alexander's 50 New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes (c. 1826). The volume was edited by a "professional musician," who is perhaps "W.J." himself, or "W.J." may have been merely a contributor. The reel may or may not predate Alexander's collection, however, for it appears in the 1823 music manuscript collection of musician Robert Hughes (Whitchurch, Shropshire) as "Shropshire Reel." The reel was entered twice into the c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim musician Stephen Grier (see "All Round the Room").
