Colonel McBain's

Tune annotations

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X:1
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T:Colln. McBean’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Robert Ross – Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances 
B:& Strathspeys (Edinburgh, 1780, p. 19)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
c|(B/c/d) (Gd) BGdB|(A/B/c) (Fc) AFcA|(B/c/d) (Gd) BGdG|(^F/G/A) DF (G2 G):|
A|B3f B/B/B (fB)|(c>dTc>)B ABcA|G (g2a) bag^f|gba^f g2 (ga)|
(g/a/b) (=fd) Bdfd|(c>d)TcB ABcA|Bdg^f gBce|dBcA (G2 G)|]

X:1
%
T:Colonel McBain
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:John Sutherland music manuscript collection, c. 1785
N:Sutherland was a pastoral piper from Aberdeenshire
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
B|(G/A/B) EB GEBE|(F/G/A) DA FDAF|(G/A/B) EB GEBE|(F/G/A) DF E2E2:|
|:FGGd BGdB|ABAG FGAF|Eeef gfed|eg(f/e/d) e2 ef|
(e/f/g) dB GBdB|ABAG FGAF|GBed eBAc|BGAF E2E2:|

X:1
%
T:Colonel Macbain’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Joshua Campbell – A Collection of New Reels & Highland Strathspeys (Glasgow, 1789, pp. 32-33)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
c|TB2 (Gd) BGdG|(A/B/c) (Fc) AFcA|TB2 (Gd) BGdG|TA>^FDF G3:|
A|B2 (Bf) B/B/B (dB)|c>dcB ABcA|G(gg)a bag^f|(g/a/b) (a^f) g2 (g>a)|
(g/a/b) (fd) Bdbd|caBg ABcA|Gg^fa gBce|dBcA G2G||

X:2
%
T:Col. Macbean's Reel
C:R. Petrie
S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/11/04
N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 14
L:1/8
M:C|
R:Reel
K:Gm
c|(B/c/d) (Gd) BGdG |(A/B/c) (Fc) AFcF|(B/c/d) (Gd) BGdG |^F/G/A DF G2 G, :|
A|B3f B/B/B (fd)|cdcB ABcA|G(gga) bag^f|gba^f g2 (ga)|
(g/a/b) (fd) Bdfd|cdcB ABcA|Bdg^f gdce |dBcA G2G |]

X:3
%
T:Colonel McBain
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:J. Anderson - Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances 
B: for the German Flute or Violin (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 30)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
d|(c/d/e) (Ae) cAec|BdGd BGdB|(c/d/e) (Ae) cAec|BGEG A2z:||
B|(ce).g.e (ce).g.e|dedc cBAG|Aaab c'bag|ac'ag a2a2|
gc'ge cege|dedc BcdB|ceag aedf|ecdB A2A||

X:1
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T:Suìridhach a phoca mhine
T:Woer with the pock of meal
T:Colonel Macbain
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:William Gunn - The Caledonian Repository of Music 
B:Adapted for the Bagpipes (Glasgow, 1848, p. 9)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amix
d|ceAa cAeA|BdGd BGdB|ceAa cAec|dBGB AAA:|
d|c2 c<e c<cg>e|d>edc BcdB|d<aag aeea|gefd e2 ef|
gage c<cge|dedc BcdB|d<aag aeea|ecdB AAA||

X:4
%
T:Colonel McBain's Reel 
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Rice-Walsh manuscript
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Reel
K:Edor
EF|GEBE GABG|FDAD FGAF|GEBE GABc|dBAF E2 EF|
GEBE GABG|FDAD FGAF|GEBE GABc|dBAF E2||
ef|gefd edBc|dBAG FD D2|gfed edBA|Beed e2 ef|
gefd edBc|dBAG FD D2|EFGA B2 Bc|dBAF E2||

X:5
%
T:Colonel MacBean
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmin
c|B/c/d Gd BGdG|A/B/c Fc AFcA|B/c/d Gd BGdG|^F/G/A DF G2G:|
A|~(B2 B)f B/B/B fd|cdcB ABcA|G(gg)a bag^f|g/a/b a^f ~g2 ga|
g/a/b fd ~Bdfd|cdcB ABcA|Bdg^f gdce|dBcA G2G||

X:6
%
T:Colonel McBain
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 645
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Emin
EF|GBEF GEBE|FADE FDAD|GBEF GEBE|FADF E2 EF|
GBEF GEBE|FADE FDAD|G2 GF GBdB|AFDF E2||EF|
G2 GF GBdB|ABAG FAAF|Eee^d ef|gefd Beef|
gfge dedB|ABAG FGAF|Beed BcdB|AFDF E2||

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