Annotation:Scotch Reel (10)
X:1 T:Scotch Reel ]10] M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 13) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 442) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G Bd dc/e/ e2|Bd>BG F<A A2|B<dd<c e2e2|d>B d/c/B/A/ GG G2:| |:a2 b>g g>dg>b|a2 b>g f<aae|d>B d/c/B/A/ G2G2:|
SCOTCH REEL [10]. Scottish, Irish; Reel (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Scotch Reel [10]" is contained in the 1817 music manuscript collection of Ulster musician Patrick McGahon, a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little else is known about him. See also the possibly cognate "Trip to Inchcomb (A)."