Annotation:Mrs. Campbell of Balinaby's Reel
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T:Mrs. Campbell of Balinaby’s Reel
C:Alexander Mackay
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes…
B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 5)
B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947
N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield.
N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his
N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings.
N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
c|BGdG BGGB|A=FcF AFAc|BGdG Bcdf|egdg BGG:|
g|bgaf gdde|=fdc_B AFFa|bgaf gdde|dgfa gddg|
bgaf gdde|=fdc_B AFFA|G_BAc Bdc=f|dgfa gdd||
MRS. CAMPBELL OF BALINABY'S REEL. Scottish, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mrs. Campbell of Balinaby's Reel" was composed by Islay fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Mackay (born 1775) for Helen , spouse of Dugald Campbell of the small farming estate of Ballinaby, on the west coast of the Hebridean island of Islay. See note for "annotation:Dugald Campball Esq. of Ballinaby's Jig" for more.
