Annotation:General McKay's Reel: Difference between revisions

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GENERAL McKAY. AKA and see "Colin McKay's Reel," "Colonel McKay." Scottish, Reel. C Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Daniel (sometimes given as Donald) Dow. Perhaps this refers to Major General Mackay who led William of Orange's forces in their defeat at the hands of Lord ("Bonny") Dundee at the Battle of Killiekrankie, 1689.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 402. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; p. 22.

Recorded sources:

Tune properties and standard notation

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-'''GENERAL McKAY'''. AKA and see "[[Colin McKay]]," "[[Colonel McKay's Reel]]." Scottish, Reel. C Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Daniel (sometimes given as Donald) Dow. Perhaps this refers to Major General Mackay who led William of Orange's forces in their defeat at the hands of Lord ("Bonny") Dundee at the Battle of Killiekrankie, 1689.
+'''GENERAL McKAY'''. AKA and see "[[Colin McKay's Reel]]," "[[Colonel McKay]]." Scottish, Reel. C Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Daniel (sometimes given as Donald) Dow. Perhaps this refers to Major General Mackay who led William of Orange's forces in their defeat at the hands of Lord ("Bonny") Dundee at the Battle of Killiekrankie, 1689.
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