Annotation:Portree Bay

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PORTREE BAY. Scottish, Canadian; Pipe March and Jig (6/8 time). Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD. Composed by Pipe Major John G. MacKenzie, of Glasgow, Scotland. See also "John MacKenzie's Fancy."

Old print, Portree, Isle of Skye

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cowal (Dunoon) Highland Games Committee (Cowal Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music, Book Two), 1912; No. 3, p. 6.

Recorded sources: Celestial Entertainment CECS001, Brenda Stubbert (Cape Breton) - “In Jig Time!” (1995). Celtic CX 28, Dan R. MacDonald - "Dan R. MacDonald." Angus & Kenneth MacKenzie - "Pìob is Fidheall." Topic 12TS347, Angus Grant - "Highland Fiddle."

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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