Annotation:Sandy Duff

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X:1 T:Alexander Duff M:C| L:1/8 C:D. Campbell R:Reel B:David Glen - David Glen's Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music, B:Book 2 (c. 1880, No. 26, p. 17) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amix e|a2 ea cAAa|cAeA cAAe|a2 ea cAAg|BGdG BGGe| a2 ea cAAa|cAeA cAAe|g2 fg aefd|BGdG BGG:| |:a|cAeA fAed|cAeA cAAa|cAeA fAed|BGdG BGGa| cAeA fAed|cAeA cAAe|g2 fg aefd|BGdG BGG||

SANDY DUFF. AKA and see "Alexander Duff," "Duffy the Dancer," "High Reel (1) (The)." Scottish, Pipe Reel (whole time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A Scottish pipe version of the double-tonic tune known in Ireland nowadays as “The High Reel,” although it was printed by O’Neill as “Duffy the Dancer."

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - James Betts (A Collection of Pipe Music), 1899; No. 15. David Glen (Glen Collection of Music for the Highland Bagpipe, Book 2), c. 1880; No. 26, p. 17. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 2), 1988; p. 31. Scots Guards Standard Settings, c. 1954; No. 371, p. 208.

Recorded sources: - Greentrax CDTRAX 9009, Donald MacDonell - "Scottish Tradition 9: The Fiddler and his Art" (1993. Various artists). Philo 1042, Boys of the Lough - "The Piper's Broken Finger" (1976).

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