Annotation:Prairie Reel

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PRAIRIE REEL. Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’.

Source for notated version: fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario), learned from Maritime fiddler Don Messer [Bégin].

Printed sources: Bégin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 12, p. 25. DeJarlis (Canadian fiddle tunes from the Red River Valley, vol. 2), 1958;

Recorded sources: Apex AL 1616, Don Messer & His Islanders - "Don Messer's Jubilee--Down East Dance Music by Canada's Top TV Personality" (1960). London Records, DeJarlis - "Red River Echoes" (19).

See also listing at:
Hear Andy DeJarlis's recording on youtube.com [1]
Hear Don Messer's 1960 recording on youtube.com [2]

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