Bride's Reel (1) (The)

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Also known as	Mrs. Scott Skinner (2)
Composer/Core Source	J. Scott Skinner
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	J. Scott Skinner
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Harp and Claymore Collection (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 72
Year of publication/Date of MS	1904
Artist	Biography:Jim MacLeod & His Band
Title of recording	Scottish Dances: Jigs, Waltzes and Reels
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Tradition 2118
Year recorded	1979
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'BRIDE'S REEL [1], THE. AKA and see "Mrs. Scott Skinner [2]." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Hunter, Skinner/Harp & Claymore): AABB (Cranford/Fitzgerald). Composed by the Scottish composer and violinist J. Scott Skinner (1842-1927) on the occasion of his wedding.

Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 125, p. 51 (includes variations). Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 206. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), p. 7. Skinner, Harp and Claymore, 1904; p. 72 (includes variations). Skinner, The Scottish Music Maker (includes variations).

Recorded sources: Tradition 2118, Jim MacLeod & His Band - "Scottish Dances: Jigs, Waltzes and Reels" (1979). Altan - "Runaway Sunday" (from Donegal fiddler John Doherty who played it in a medley he called "Flood on the Holm" which included the tunes "Spinning Wheel" and "The Auld Wheel").

X:1
T:The Bride's Reel [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
C:J. Scott Skinner
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:D
({A/4B/4c/4}[Dd]).A/.G/ .F/.D/.A,/.D/ | .B,/.D/.A,/.D/ .C/.E/.A/.c/ | ({c}d)A/F/ G/B/e/d/ | 
c/A/a/g/ f/d/d/A/ | ({c}[Dd]).A/.G/ .F/.D/.A,/.D/ | .B,/.D/.A,/.D/ .C/.E/.A/.c/ | 
d/c/d/A/ B/G/d/B/ | A/F/G/E/ F/D/[G,/D/] || g | f/g/a/f/ d/A/F/D/ | G/B/e/d/ c/A/a/g/ | 
f/g/a/f/ d/A/F/D/ | G/B/A/c/ d/D/D/g/ | f/g/a/f/ d/A/F/D/ | G/B/e/d/ c/A/B/c/ | 
d/f/e/g/ f/a/g/b/ | a/f/g/e/ f/d/[Fd] ||