Annotation:Francis Beaton Reel
Tune properties and standard notation
FRANCIS BEATON REEL. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Composed by fiddler Donald Angus Beaton (1912-1982) of Mabou Coal Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: Rounder 7011, "The Beatons of Mabou: Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton" (1978). Smithsonian Folkways Records, SFW CD 40507, The Beaton Family of Mabou - "Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music" (2004).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index: [1]