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Theme code Index
1L3L6L3L 13L6L3L
Also known as
Betty's Fancy (2) , Big John McNeil , Big John McNeill , Big John McNeal , John McNeilis
Composer/Core Source
Biography:Peter Milne , Biography:Banchory , Biography:Aberdeenshire
Region
Scotland, Ireland, Canada
Genre/Style
Cape Breton/PEI, Irish, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double), Strathspey
Key/Tonic of
A
Accidental
3 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
SCOTLAND(North East), CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure
AB, ABB'
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Alfred Moffat
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Dance Music of the North
Tune and/or Page number
p. 187
Year of publication/Date of MS
1908
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score
X:1
T:John McNeil's Reel
B:Feldman & O'Doherty, The Northern Fiddler (1978)
S:Danny O'Donnell
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:A
A,2 CE FECE|AECE FECE|A,2 CE FECE|FCEC B,DCB,|
A,2 CE FECE|A/A/ECE FECE|B,DCE DFE=G|FA=GB cAAf||
eAfA eAcf|eAfA e2 (3agf|eAfA eAce|dfca B2 cd|
eAfA eAcd|eAfA e2 fg|1 agag fedc|
BAGF EDCB,:||2 agag fece|fagb a2 [ac]2||
X:2
T:John MacNeill's Reel
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:A
C|A,2 CE FECE|AECE FECE|A,2 CE FECE|FAGF EDCB,|
A,2 CE FECE|AECE FEDC|B,DCE DFEG|FAGB cA A||f|
eAfA eAca|eAfA e2 f/g/a|eAfA eAce|dfca B2 d/e/f|
eAfA eAca|eAfA e/f/g|agag fedc|BAGF EDCB,||
