Annotation:Yeil Yeil

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YEIL YEIL. AKA – “Yeal Yeil,” “Yell Yell” Scottish, Strathspey. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCDEEFF (Gow). The tune first appeared in print inRobert Bremner's 1757 collection, according to John Glen (1891). Maggie’s Music MM227 CD, Hesperus – “Colonial America” (2003). Maggie’s Music MM306, Bonnie Rideout – “A Scottish Fiddle Collection” (2005).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Bremner (Scots Reels), 1757; p. 68. Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 232. Gow (The First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); pp. 24-25 (appears as “Yell Yell”). McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1781; p. 11.

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