Annotation:Comers of Largo
X:1 % T:Comers of Largo, The--A reell [sic] M:9/4 L:1/8 B:Henry Playford - A Collection of Original Scotch-Tunes, (Full of the B:Highland Humours) for the violin (London, 1700, No. 19, p. 8) N:"Most of them being in the Compass of the Flute." Z:AK/FIddler's Companion K:D d4 D2 (A2F2) A2 B4A2|d2d2A2 A2F2A2 d4D2|| d4e2 fefgag f2d2f2|d3e d2 fefgag f2d2f2| g3e g2 f3df2 e3c e2|d3A B2A2F2 A2 d4 D2||
COMERS OF LARGO, A REELL (sic), THE. Scottish, Air (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Published in London by Henry Playford in his 1700 collection of Scottish dance music; it was the first use in print of the word 'reel' for a tune title. The tune, however, is in an odd 9/8 time, not at all what we think of as a reel today but more akin to the triple-time hornpipe, states Emmerson (1971). The tune is incomplete, and since it is in 9/8, it is obviously not what we consider today to be a reel, though Alburger thinks it may have been inaccurately recorded from someone's playing.