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Tune properties and standard notation
JOHN HOWAT(S) REEL. Scottish (originally), Canadian; Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Kerr, Welling): AA'BB' (Cranford, Songer). A 19th century composition credited to Hugh Dunlop by Kerr. See also Dunlop's companion "John Howat's Strathspey." The reel is popular among Cape Breton fiddlers and has been recorded often.
Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].
Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 130, p. 53. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 173, p. 20. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 113. Welling (Hartford Tunebook), 1976; p. 17.
Recorded sources: Breton Books and Records BOC 1HO, Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald - "Classic Cuts" (reissue of Celtic Records CX 44). Marimac 9012, The Fish Family Dance Band - "Fluke Hits" (1987).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]