Annotation:Borlum's Reel (1)

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BORLUM'S REEL [1]. AKA - "Borlum's Rant," "Borlum's Strathspey." Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AABCD (McGlashan): AA'BBCC (Gow). Glen finds the earliest printing of "Borlum's Reel" in Alexander McGlashan's 1786 collection (p. 23).

A "Borlum's Reel" was printed by Glasgow publisher James Aird in 1782 in his Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1, and although it has some similarities, it is a different tune.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Gow (Complete Collection), Part 1, 1799; p. 26 (appears as "Borlam's Strathspey"). MacDonald (Skye Collection), 1887; p. 146. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 141. Stewart (A Select Collection of Scots English Irish and Foreign Airs Jiggs & Marches), 1788; Part 2, p. 94.

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