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Theme code Index	3b57b3bH 3b524
Also known as	Captain Keller, Black-Eyed Lassie, Captain Keller's Reel, Lowland Amusement
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Joshua Campbell
Book/Manuscript title	Book:A Collection of New Reels & Highland Strathspeys &c.
Tune and/or Page number	p. 3
Year of publication/Date of MS	1789
Artist	Biography:John 'Dancie' Reid
Title of recording	Scottish Tradition 9: The Fiddler and his Art
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Greentrax CDTRAX 9009
Year recorded	1993
Media
Score ()

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X:1
%
T:Capt. Kellers Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Joshua Campbell – A Collection of New Reels & Highland Strathspeys (Glasgow, 1789, p. 3)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
A|B2 (d/c/B) fdbd|B/B/B (d/c/B) TA>FcA|B2 (d/c/B) fdbd|T(c>A)FA (B>G)G:|
|:G|(DG)(BG) (dG)(BG)|(DG)(BG) (AF)cA|1 (GB)(BG) (dG)(BG)|
T(c>A)FA BGG:|2 (DG)(BG) (dB)(gd)|(c'a)fa bgg||

X:2
%
T:Capt. Keller's Reel 
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:McGoun's Repository c.1803
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Reel
K:Gmin
A|B2 (3dcB fdbd|B/2B/2B (3dcB AFcA|B2 (3dcB fdbd|c>AFA BG G2:|
|:G|DGBG dGBG|DGBG AFcA|1 DGBG dGBG|
cAFA BG G2:||2 DGBG dBgd|c'afa bg g2||

X:3
%
T:Captain Keeler
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Surenne - Dance Music of Scotland, p. 42  (1852)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
G | A2 (3cBA eAaA | A2 (3cBA GEBG | A2 (3cBA eAaA | BGEG AFFG | 
A2 (3cBA eAaA | A2 (3cBA GEBG | A2 (3cBA eAaA | BGEG AFF || 
A | CFAF cFAF | CFAF GEBG | CFAF cFAF | BGEG AFFA | 
CFAF cFAF | CFAF GEBG | CFAF cFAF | BGEG AFF ||

X:1
%
T:Captain Keeler's Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 33)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
A|B2 (d/c/B) fBbB|B2 (d/c/B) AFcA|B2 (d/c/B) fBbB|cAFA BGG:|
B|DGBG dGBG DGBG AFcA|DGBG dGBG|cAFA BGGB|
(DG)BG (dG)BG|(DG)BG (AF)cA|(Bc)d=e (fg)fd|(cA)FA (BG)G||

X:1
%
T:Captain Keeler
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection   (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmin
F|~B2 d/c/B fBbB|~B2 d/c/B AFcA|~B2 d/c/B fBbB|cAFA BGG:|
B|DGBG dGBG|DGBG AFcA|DGBG dGBG|cAFA BGGB|
DGBG dGBG|DGBG AFcA|DGBG dGBG|cAFA BGG||

X:4
%
T:Captain Keeler.  WES.106
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
Q:1/4=140
B:T.Westrop's 120 Country Dances, Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes, Strathspeys, Spanish Waltz etc.for the Violin, n.d.(c.1923)
Z:R.Greig 2010
K:Bb
E|B2(3dcB fBbB|B2(3dcB AFcA|B2 (3dcB fBbB|cAFA BGG:|!
|:B|DGBG dGBG|DGBG AFcA|DGBG dGBG|cAFA BGG:|]

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