Annotation:Craiglug Reel

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X:1 % T:Craiglug Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 26) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A E|(AB)cB (AB)AF|EFEC E3A|(GA)Bc (dc)BA| GABc B3E| (AB)cB (AB)AF|EFEC E2 (Bc)|(df)ed (cd)cB|ABAG A2|| (cd)|e2 ec (Ac)ea|e2 ec A2 Bc|df ed (Be)gb|abaf e2 cd| efec Acea|efec A2 Bc|dfed cdcB|ABAG A2z||

CRAIGLUG REEL. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by Peter Milne (1824-1908), the "Tarland Minstrel," as a companion piece to be played following his slow strathspey "Craiglug Brig." Craiglug is a village in Aberdennshire, along the River Dee. See also the melodically related Cape Breton "Fancy Hornpipe."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Hector MacAndrew [Martin].

Printed sources : - Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 137. Milne (Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin), 1870; p. 26.

Recorded sources: -