Annotation:Tom Rae Reel

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X: 1 T:Tom Rae R:Reel O:Cape Breton M:2/4 C:Traditional F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/mirror/members.tripod.com/Tom_Rae_NEW_Requested_by_Ed_P.abc K:Ador B,|A,2AF EDEC|B,DGE DB,G,B,|A,2AF EDEC|B,GDB, A,/2A,/2A A,B,| A,2AF EDEC|B,DGE DB,G,B,|EA,CB, A,CEC|B,GDB, A,/2A,/2A, A,|| d|ceAe ceac|Bdgd BGGe|ceAe ceac|BgdB AAAe| ceAe ceac|Bdgd BGGB|cABG AEGD|EGDB, A,/2A,/2A, A,||

TOM RAE'S REEL. Canadian, Reel (2/4 time). Canada, Cape Breton. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Tom Rae" was composed by Inverness, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, fiddler-composer biography:Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976), and is one of the best-known reels by the prolific MacDonald, frequently recorded. Modern versions modulate to A Mixoldyian for the second strain.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Cameron (The Heather Hill Collection: The Music of Dan R. MacDonald), 1990; p.

Recorded sources : - Nimbus Records NI 5383, John Morris Rankin & Howie MacDonald - "Traditional Fiddle Music from Cape Breton" (1993. Various artists). Rounder SS‑0145, Carl MacKenzie (Nova Scotia) ‑ "Traditional Music on Rounder: A Sampler" (1981). Rounder CD 11661-7033-2, Natalie MacMaster – “My Roots are Showing” (2000). "Traditional Fiddle Music of Cape Breton, Volume 4: MacKinnon's Brook" (various artists). Mari Black - "Flight" (2014). Smithsonian Folkways, Kinnon Beaton - "The Heart of Cape Breton" (various artists).

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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