Annotation:Reel (187)
X:1 T:Untitled M:C L:1/8 R:Reel or Country Dance N:”Harris dance” B:Patrick MacDonald – “Collection of Highland Vocal Airs” (Edinburgh, 1784, No. 31, p. 37) N:MacDonald was Minister of Kilmore in Argyleshire. The volume is N:dedicated to the ‘Gentlemen of the Highland Society in London’. F:https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Highland_Vocal_Airs_To_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin c2 ge g2a2|g2 eg geed|c2 ge g2a2|gede AA A2:| |:e2 dc A2 GG|e2 dc AAAG\e2 dc A2 GG|cdcA GG G2:|
REEL [187]. Scottish, Reel (whole time). Scotland, Isle of Harris. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. One of two dance tunes collected on the Isle of Harris (Western Isles) by the Rev. Patrick MacDonald in the 18th century.
