Annotation:Gladstone's Reel
X:1 T:Gladstone's Reel C:J. Scott Skinner L:1/8 M:2/4 K:A d/|c/A/d/B/ e/f/g/a/|A/4A/4A/ c/A/ B/G/E/d/|c/A/d/B/ e/f/g/a/|e/c/d/B/ A:| g/|a/f/b/a/ g/e/a/g/|f/d/g/f/ e/c/f/e/|d/B/e/d/ c/A/d/c/|B/A/G/A/ B/e/f/g/| a/f/b/a/ g/e/a/g/|f/d/g/f/ e/c/f/e/|d/B/e/d/ c/e/a/f/|e/c/d/B/ (A A/)|| |: d/|c/A/d/B/ e/f/g/a/|A/4A/4A/ c/A/ B/G/E/d/|c/A/d/B/ e/f/g/a/|e/c/d/B/ A:| ||g/|a/4a/4a f/a/ g/4g/4g e/g/|f/4f/4f/ d/f/ e/4e/4e/ c/e/|d/4d/4d/ B/d/ c/4c/4c/ A/c/| B/A/G/A/ B/e/f/g/|a/f/b/a/ g/b/e/g/|f/d/a/f/ e/a/c/e/|d/B/e/d/ c/e/A/a/|e/c/d/B/ (A A/)||
GLADSTONE'S REEL. AKA - "A.A. Gladstone -- Edinburgh," "Gladstone (The)." Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Skinner): AABAAC (Hunter, Martin & Hughes). Composed by the self-styled 'Strathspey King', J. Scott Skinner (1846–1927). Played as part of the romantically entitled set "Warblings From the Hill's" during Skinner's 1921 concert tours. The composer penned the reel [1] in 1909, entitling it simply "Gladstane" [sic], in honor of a gentleman from Edinburgh who was a Scottish music enthusiast. It was published in a small folio called Monikie Series No. 2, which included only the tunes "Glengrant" and "The Gladstone Reel" (the series was named for Monikie, where Skinner resided until 1909).
