Annotation:Western Gem

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WESTERN GEM REEL. AKA and see "Chicoutimi Reel (2)." American, Reel or Hornpipe. A Major (‘A’ part) & E Major (‘B’ part) . Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The second strain was used by Prince Edward Island fiddler Sidney Baglole for his “Sidney Baglole's Reel.” The first strain is shared with several nineteenth century reels, including "New York Reel," "St. Botolph's Hornpipe" and "Witch of the Wave," from Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883), jestrain appears often, under various names, in the nineteenth-century tunebook tradition. "Buckley's Fancy," O'Neill's Music of Ireland, #1211; "Comely Jane Downing," O'Neill's Music of Ireland, #1461; "Lakeside Road (The)," O'Neill's Music of Ireland, #1699.The Hollow Rock String Band, having learned this tune from Henry Reed, noticed its similarity to "Witch of the Wave Reel" and began calling it that.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 49. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 77.

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