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'''DOCTOR GORDON STABLES' REEL'''. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by the great Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). It is dedicated perhaps to the same Dr. Gordon Stables who was a veterinary doctor and a dog enthusiast. In 1875, in his '''Practical Kennel Guide''' he wrote: ''The Collie Dog - the honest Highland Collie - is the King of the canine race. I don't think there is a doubt about that.'' | '''DOCTOR GORDON STABLES' REEL'''. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by the great Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). It is dedicated perhaps to the same Dr. Gordon Stables who was a veterinary doctor and a dog enthusiast. In 1875, in his '''Practical Kennel Guide''' he wrote: ''The Collie Dog - the honest Highland Collie - is the King of the canine race. I don't think there is a doubt about that.'' | ||
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Revision as of 00:35, 29 January 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
DOCTOR GORDON STABLES' REEL. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by the great Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). It is dedicated perhaps to the same Dr. Gordon Stables who was a veterinary doctor and a dog enthusiast. In 1875, in his Practical Kennel Guide he wrote: The Collie Dog - the honest Highland Collie - is the King of the canine race. I don't think there is a doubt about that.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Skinner (The Scottish Violinist, with variations), 1900; p. 7. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 76.
Recorded sources: Maggie's Music MMCD222, Bonnie Rideout - "Scottish Fire" (2000).