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'''PLOUGHMAN'S REEL.''' AKA and see "[[Clodun Reel]]." English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. | '''PLOUGHMAN'S REEL.''' AKA and see "[[Clodun Reel]]," "[[Duke of Cumberland's Reel]]." English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was entered into the 1840 music manuscript collection of multi-instrumentalist John Rook (Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria) as "[[Duke of Cumberland's Reel]]." The Duke, Prince William Augustus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_William,_Duke_of_Cumberland] (1721-1765), was in command of the British forces at the Battle of Culloden, and defeated Prince Charles Stuart's army. | ||
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PLOUGHMAN'S REEL. AKA and see "Clodun Reel," "Duke of Cumberland's Reel." English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was entered into the 1840 music manuscript collection of multi-instrumentalist John Rook (Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria) as "Duke of Cumberland's Reel." The Duke, Prince William Augustus [1] (1721-1765), was in command of the British forces at the Battle of Culloden, and defeated Prince Charles Stuart's army.
Source for notated version: William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection [2] (Northumberland) [Seattle].
Printed sources: Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 356.
Recorded sources: