Annotation:Ardkinglas's Reel
X:1 T: Ardkinglas's Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:David Young - The Drummond Castle Manuscript, Part 2 (1734, No. 29) B:https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond2.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Gdor B|D G2B AGTFE|D G2B cABG|ABcB TAGTFE|D G2B ABG:| |:B|Gg2a|f>gfc|dg2a bgag|f>gfd TcBTAF|D G2B ABG:|]
ARDKINGLAS'S REEL. AKA and see "Caora Cròm (An)." Scottish, Reel (cut time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Arkinglas's Reel" is contained in amateur fiddler and writing master biography:David Young's Drummond Castle Manuscript, Part 2 (1734, No. 29), inscribed "A Collection of the best Highland Reels written by David Young, W.M. & Accomptant." The MS. is sometimes called the Duke of Perth MS for its dedicatee. Young also entered the tune into one of his later compilations, the MacFarlane Manuscript, Part 2 (c. 1740, No. 199, p. 239), albeit entitling it "Caora Cròm (An)."
