Annotation:Sir Allan McLean's Reel

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X:1 % T:Sir Allan McLean's Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Robert Ross – Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances B:& Strathspeys (Edinburgh, 1780, p. 37) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B|G<(GG>E) A2 A<B|G<G G>E G<G G>(E|G<G) G>E A2 A<B| G<G G>E {E}(G2G)::e|G<G B>d Te>d e<g|G<G B>G d>G B>G| d/g/g B/g/g A>GA<B|G<G G>E {E}(G2G)::b|g<(gg>e) a2 (a<b)| g<g g>e g<g g<(e|g<g) Tg>e a2 (a<b)|g<g Tg>e (g2g):||:e|G<G Bd Te>d e<g| G<G B>G d>G B>G|d/g/g B/g/g TA>G A<B|A<(G {A}G>E) G2G:|]

SIR ALLAN McLEAN'S REEL. Scottish, Strathspey (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Robert Ross's 1780 collection (p. 37).

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Robert Ross (Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances & Strathspeys), Edinburgh, 1780; p. 37.

Recorded sources: -