Miss Betty Robertson's Reel

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Theme code Index	5535 22H76
Also known as	Miss Betty Robertson, Miss Betsy Robertson, Kitty Clyde's, Kitty Robertson
Composer/Core Source	Robert Mackintosh
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AAB, AABB
Editor/Compiler	Robert Mackintosh
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Sixty Eight New Reels Strathspeys and Quicksteps
Tune and/or Page number	p. 39
Year of publication/Date of MS	1793
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Miss Betty Robertson's Reel: Annotations

X:1 T:Miss Betty Robertson’s Reel C:Robert Mackintosh M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Mackintosh – “A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels, also some Famous old Reels” (1804, p. 37) N:Dedicated to the Dutchess [sic] of Manchester N:Robert “Red Rob” Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808) was a Scottish violinist and N:composer active in Edinburgh at the end of the 18th century. Originally from N:Tullymet, near Pitlochry, Perthshire. He moved to London in the last decade N:of his life. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B|d3g BGdB|A(aag) fdef|T(gfg)d ecdB|cADd BGGB| d2 (gd) BGdB|A(aag) fdef|T(gfg)d ecdB|cA (d/c/B/A/ B)GG|| c|BGDG EGDG|ABcB cedc|BGDG EGce|dBcA BGGc| BGDG EGDG|ABcB cedc|BdgB ceag|fdef gGG||

X:1 T:Miss Bettsey Roberson's Reel [sic] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:J. Anderson - Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances B: for the German Flute or Violin (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 18) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G B|d3 g BGdB|Aaag fdef|(gf).g.d (Bc).d.B|cAdc BGG:|| c|BGDG EGDG|ABcB cedc|(BG).D.G (EG).c.e|dBcA BGGc| BGDG EGDG|ABcB cedc|(Bd).g.B (ce).a.g|fdef gGG||

Miss Betty Robertson's Reel: Annotations