Annotation:Miss J. Cumming's Reel
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MISS J. CUMMING'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The reel is attributed to fiddler-composer Biography:John French (1752-1803) of Cumnock, Ayrshire. See also other tunes that may (or may not) be named for her: French's "Miss Cuming’s Reel," Robert Mackintosh's "Miss Jessy Cumming, and Duncan MacIntyre's "Miss Cumming's Strathspey."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: French (Collection of New Strathspeys, Reels, etc.), 1801; p. 2.
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