Annotation:George the Fourth Reel
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GEORGE THE FOURTH REEL. AKA - "King George the IV." Scottish, Reel. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A reel setting of the strathspey "King George IV's Welcome." In the repertoire of fiddler Buddy MacMaster (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; p. 17. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 84, p. 22.
Recorded sources:
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