Reel of Barm

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Theme code Index	2H4H2H3H 3H2H1H3H
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	SCOTLAND(Shetland/Orkney)
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:A.W. Johnston
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Old-Lore Miscellany of Orkney Shetland Caithness and Sutherland Vol. III
Tune and/or Page number	p. 196
Year of publication/Date of MS	1910
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Reel of Barm: Annotations


X:1
T:Reel of Barm
O:Orkney
S:Sent in 1893 to A.W. Johnston. "Taken down by by the late
S:Lady Burroughs from the late Colonel David Balfour some 
S:years before that. 
H:Mrs. Balfour said that "the Reel of Barm was used as the 
H:winding up of the evening. There is not the least melody in
H:it, but I understood it began with one couple and went on 
H:till everyone in the room was on the floor."
M:C
L:1/8
B:Johnston - Old-Lore Miscellaney of Orkney, Shetland, 
B:Caithness & Sutherland Vol. III (1912, p. 196)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
de/f/ fe/f/ de/f/ e d |ef/g/ de/d/ c>ce>c|de/f/ fe/f/ de/f/ ed|
ef/g/ de/d/ c>ce>g|dB/G/ GG/G/ G>Ge>d|ef/g/ de/d/ c>ce>g|
dB/G/ GG/G/ G>Ge>d|ef/g/ de/d/ c>ce>c||

Reel of Barm: Annotations