Annotation:Miss McDonald's (5) Reel
X:93 C:Page 46 T:Miss McDonald’s Reel. MBe.93 S:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815 O:England;Cumbria;Towcett Z:VMP – Hugh Taylor, 2012 M:2/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=100 R:.Reel N:No time signature given, and 2/4 assumed. N:As written, the B part has only 6 bars. I have shown this and then taken the liberty of showing a N:re-constructed B part by changing the semiquavers to quavers and moving the bar lines appropriately. This N:then gives an 8 bar B. K:Gmix P:“^As written” G|DGBG|dGBG|DGBG|cAAB|DGBG|dGBG|AGAB|G2 G2:| |:d|g/g/b/g/ d/d/ d|g/g/b/g/ e/e/ e|gbeg|dgBg|BABc|GG G2:| K:C P:“^Re-construction by H.T.” G|DGBG|dGBG|DGBG|cAAB|DGBG|dGBG|AGAB|G2 G2:| |:d|ggbg|dd d2|ggbg|ee e2|gbeg|dgBg|BABc|GG “Crot”G:|
MISS McDONALD'S [5] REEL. English, Reel (2/4 or cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is similar in the first strain to Howe's "Patrick O'Dermot," Ryans's "After the Hare," and O'Neill's "Ugly Customer (An)," however, the resemblance is based on arpeggiated chords and predicable harmonic structure and the tunes are not considered related.
