Annotation:Comical Reel
X:1 T:Comical Reel, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 76, p. 16) B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=15&z=244.2165%2C817.4307%2C2558.7355%2C1028.881 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A E|A2 cA eAcA|Bcde fBBc|A2 cA eAcA|dfed cA A2:| g|a2 ga fedc|Bcde fBBg|a2 ga fedc|defg aA Ag| a2 ga fedc|Bcde fBBd|cAAf eAAg|aefd cA A2||
COMICAL REEL. AKA and see "Rakes of Invercairn." Irish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Comical Reel" was entered into the large c. 1883 music manuscript collection (Book 2, No. 76, p. 18) of County Leitrim fiddler and piper biography:Stephen Grier. An almost identical version is also contain in the c. 1909 music manuscript collection of biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan (Oriel Region, south Ulster) as "Rakes of Invercairn."
