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Theme code Index	1L3L6L3L 13L6L3L
Also known as	Betty's Fancy (2), Big John McNeil, Big John McNeill, Big John McNeal, John McNeilis
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Peter Milne, Biography:Banchory, Biography:Aberdeenshire
Region	Canada, Ireland, Scotland
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI, Irish, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double), Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2, 4/4
History	SCOTLAND(North East), CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure	AB, ABB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Peter Milne
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Middleton's Selection of Strathspeys Reels &c. for the Violin
Tune and/or Page number	p. 23
Year of publication/Date of MS	1870
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T:John McNeil’s Reel
C:Peter Milne
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 23)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
C|A,2 CE (FE)CE|AECE FECE|A,2 CE (FE)CE|FAGF EDCB,|
A,2 CE (FE)CE|AECE FEDC|B,DCE DFE=G|FA^GB cAA||
f|eAfA eAca|eAfA e2 (f/ga)|eAfA eAce|dfca B2 (d/e/f)|
eAfA eAca|eAfA e2 (e/f/g/)|agag fedc|BAGF EDB,||
|"last time"agaf ecde|fagb a2 a||z/a/|[A6a6]||

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T:John McNeil's Reel
C:Peter Milne
B:Moffat - Dance Music of the North (1908, No. 31)
M:C|
L:1/8
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
.C||!Coda!A,2 CE (FE)CE|AECE FECE|A,2 CE (FE)CE|FAGF EDCB,|
A,2 CE FECE|AECE FEDC|B,ECE DFE=G|FA^GB cAA||
f|eAfA eAca|eAfA e2 (f/g/a)|eAfA eAce|dfca B2 (d/e/f)|
eAfA eAca|eAfA e2 (e/f/g)|1 agag fedc|BAGF EDCB,:|
|2 agaf ecde|fagb a2-a||z/ a/|!fermata![A6a6] z||

X:1
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T:John McNeil's Reel
B:Feldman & O'Doherty, The Northern Fiddler (1978)
S:Danny O'Donnell
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:A
A,2 CE FECE|AECE FECE|A,2 CE FECE|FCEC B,DCB,|
A,2 CE FECE|A/A/ECE FECE|B,DCE DFE=G|FA=GB cAAf||
eAfA eAcf|eAfA e2 (3agf|eAfA eAce|dfca B2 cd|
eAfA eAcd|eAfA e2 fg|1 agag fedc|
BAGF EDCB,:||2 agag fece|fagb a2 [ac]2||

X:2
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T:John MacNeill's Reel
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:A
C|A,2 CE FECE|AECE FECE|A,2 CE FECE|FAGF EDCB,|
A,2 CE FECE|AECE FEDC|B,DCE DFEG|FAGB cA A||f|
eAfA eAca|eAfA e2 f/g/a|eAfA eAce|dfca B2 d/e/f|
eAfA eAca|eAfA e/f/g|agag fedc|BAGF EDCB,||

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