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REEL OF CLUNY, THE. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Composed by biography:Joseph Lowe of Marykirk, editor of the mid-19th century Lowe collections. Cluny Castle [1] was built in 1604 in Aberdeenshire in the parish of Cluny by the Gordon family, in whose hands it remains.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 3), c. 1880’s; No. 88, p. 11. J. Murray Neil (The Scots Fiddle vol. 1: Tunes, Tales & Traditions of the North-East and Central Highlands), 2012.

Recorded sources: Rounder 7017, Joseph Cormier - "Informal Sessions" (1996). Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean – “Gaelic in the Bow” (2005).

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]




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