Annotation:Rasay's Favorite

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RASAY’S FAVORITE. Scottish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. “Very Old,” states Gow (1817), who noted that the reel “May be played slow when not danced.” The tune was "Communicated by himself," referring to MacLeod of Raasay, laird of the island of Raasay in the western isles.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Gow (Complete Repository, Part 4), 1817; p. 36.

Recorded sources:

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