Annotation:Lady Jane Dunbar's Reel
X:1 T:Lady Jane Dunbar’s Reel C:Donald Grant M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, p. 22) B:The volume was perhaps first issued c. 1790, from a penciled note in a copy. N:The collection was dedicated to Mrs. Col. Grant of Grant (“Sir James and N:Lady Grant of Grant”). S: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105814068 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb F|DF B2 DF B2|DF B>D {D}C2 CF|DFBF GABg|fd (e/d/c/B/) {d}c2B:| (d/e/)|fBdB fBeg|fBdB {d}c2 cd/e/|fBdB fBdb|fd (f/e/).d/.c/ {c}B2 Bd/e/| fBdB fBeg|fBdB {d}c2 cd/e/|fBdf (g/f/g/a/ b)g|fdec {A}B2B||
LADY JANE DUNBAR'S REEL. Scottish, Reel (cut time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Lady Jane Dunbar's Reel" was composed by Elgin fiddler-composer biography:Donald Grant and was published in his Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs, &c. (1820-21). Lady Dunbar was born Jane Burnett of Kemney (b.1739) and became Lady Dunbar of Boath on marrying Alexander Dunbar, Baron of Boath, at Auldearn. She was reputed to be a great beauty, in her day. Donald Grant composed several tunes for the Dunbar families of Boath and Northfield.
