Annotation:Pitkerie's Reel
X:1 T:Pitkerie's Reel M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Bremner – Scots Reels (1757) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companiong K:G g | G<G B>G TB>AAg | G/G/G B>G A>GB>G |(B/c/d) BG TB>AAa |(e/f/g) d>B (d2d) :| |: g | e>gd>g TB>AAa | (e/f/g) d>B d>eg>a |(b/a/g/f/ g>)B TB>AAa | (e/f/g) d>B (d2d) :|
PITKERIE'S REEL. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection. Pitkerie is a locale in Fife, Scotland. The tune was also entered into the 1840 music manuscript collection of multi-instrumentalist John Rook, of Waverton, Cumbria.
