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'''JAKIE STEWART'S REEL'''. AKA and see "[[Highland Man that Kissed His Grannie (1)]]." English, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A different "Jakie Stewart's Reel" appears in David Rutherford's '''Compleat Collection of 200 Country Dances, vol. 2''' (London, 1760). Perhaps the Thompson's had the title in error, for the tune is the memorably-titled "[[Highland Man that Kissed His Grannie (1)]]," published by Robert Bremner in 1757. Bremner did publish a similarly-titled "[[Jacky Stewart's Reel]]," although it is a minor-mode tune, unrelated to the | '''JAKIE STEWART'S REEL'''. AKA and see "[[Highland Man that Kissed His Grannie (1)]]." English, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A different "Jakie Stewart's Reel" appears in David Rutherford's '''Compleat Collection of 200 Country Dances, vol. 2''' (London, 1760). Perhaps the Thompson's had the title in error, for the tune is the memorably-titled "[[Highland Man that Kissed His Grannie (1)]]," published by Robert Bremner in 1757. Bremner did publish a similarly-titled "[[Jacky Stewart's Reel]]," although it is a minor-mode tune, unrelated to the Thompsons' reel. | ||
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Revision as of 05:04, 31 January 2012
Tune properties and standard notation
JAKIE STEWART'S REEL. AKA and see "Highland Man that Kissed His Grannie (1)." English, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A different "Jakie Stewart's Reel" appears in David Rutherford's Compleat Collection of 200 Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1760). Perhaps the Thompson's had the title in error, for the tune is the memorably-titled "Highland Man that Kissed His Grannie (1)," published by Robert Bremner in 1757. Bremner did publish a similarly-titled "Jacky Stewart's Reel," although it is a minor-mode tune, unrelated to the Thompsons' reel.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 21.
Recorded sources: