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Theme code Index
3H555 3H52H6
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
Scotland
Genre/Style
Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/2
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:James Aird
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 5
Tune and/or Page number
No. 179, p. 67
Year of publication/Date of MS
1801
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
X:1
T:Highland Reel, A
T:Western Isles, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5
B:(Glasgow, 1801, No. 179, p. 67)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
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X:1
T:Western Isles, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:D
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