Sir Alexander McDonald's Reel
X:1 T:Sir Alex’r McDonald’s Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Bremner – Scots Reels (1757) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D F(AA)(f/g/ a)fed | gfed BdBA | F(AA)(f/g/ a)fed | (e/f/g) (f/g/a) Te2 d2 :| |: FAA>B A>BAF | G/G/G G2 GABG | F(AA>)B (A>B)AF | GBAF TE2D2 :| |: (f/g/a) a>b a>baf | g/g/g g2 g>aba | (f/g/a) a>b a>baf | gafg Te2d2 :|
<section begin=X1 X:1 T:Sr Alexander McDonald's Reel M:C| L:1/8 B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773, p. 70) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D F(AA)(f/g/) afed|gfed BdBA|F(AA)(f/g/) afed|(e/f/g) (f/g/a) e2 d2:| |:F(AA)B ABAF|G/G/G G2 GABG|F(AA)B ABAF|GBAF E2D2:| |:(f/g/a) ab a>baf|g/g/g g2 gaba|f/g/a ab a>baf|fafg e2 d2:||
X:1
T:Sir Alex. McDonald's Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Straight and Skillern – Two Hundred and Four Favourite
B:Country Dances, vol. 1 (c. 1775, No. 153, p. 77)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
FAAf/g/ afed|gfed BdBA|FAAf/g/ afed|e/f/g f/g/a Te2d2:|
|:FAAB A>BAF|G/G/G G2 G>ABG|F>AAB ABAF|GBAF E2D2:|
|:f/g/a a>b a>baf|g/g/g g2 g>aba|f/g/a a>b a>baf|gafg Te2d2:|]
X:2
T:Sir Alexander MacDonald's Reel
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 70, p. 25)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
FA-Af/g/|afed|gfed|B>dBA|
FA-Af/g/|afed|(e/f/g) (f/g/a)|e2d2:|
|:(FAAB)|A>BTAF|G/G/G G>A|G>ABG|
FAAB|A>BAF|GAFd|E2D2:|]
X:1
T:Sir Alexander Macdonald’s Reell
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Cumming – A Collection of Strathspey or Old Highland Reels (1782, No. 15, p. 6)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
FAA(f/g/ a)fed|gfed BdBA|FAAf/g/ afed|(e/f/g) (f/g/a) Te2 d2:|
|:FAA>B A>BAF|G/G/G G2 GABG|FA(A>B) A>BAF|GBAF TE2D2:|
|:(f/g/a) a>b a>baf|g/g/g g2 g>aba|(f/g/a) a>b a>baf|ga fg Te2 !fermata!d2:|]
X:3
T:Sir Alexander McDonald's Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverly, Cumbria, 1840, p. 34)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
FAAf/g/ afed|gfed BdBG|AFFf/g/ afed|e/f/g f/g/a e3d:|
|:FAAB ABAF|G/G/GGG GABG|FAAB ABAF|GBAF E3D:|]