Annotation:Acharnac

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ACHARNAC('S REEL). AKA – "Ba'l nan Grantich." AKA and see "Lady Mary Menzies." D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFF. Michael Newton, writing in his blog "The Origins of the Strathspey: A Rebuttal" [1] believes the correct Scots Gaelic title should be "Bail’ (or Bàl) nan Granndach."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Angus Cumming (A Collection of Strathspey or Old Highland Reels), 1780; No. 5, p. 2.

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