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Theme code Index
13227L 1355
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Biography:"J.F."
Region
Scotland
Genre/Style
Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/2
History
SCOTLAND(North East)
Structure
AAB
Editor/Compiler
William Christie
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Collection of Strathspeys Reels Hornpipes Waltzes &c.
Tune and/or Page number
p. 40
Year of publication/Date of MS
1820
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score (1 )
X:1
T:Mr. Fletcher’s Reel
C:”By J.F.”
N:J.F. is presumably Fletcher himself.
N:Christie (1778-1849) was a dancing master, fiddler
N:and composer from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Christie - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes,
B:Waltzes &c. (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 40)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|TG2 BG {B}A2 FD|G2 Bc (de).d.B|~G2 BG {B}TA2 FD|(FD).E.F G3:|
B|(dB).e.^c ~d2 B=c|dBe^c dB-TB>=c|(dB)e^c ~d2 dA|FDEF ~G3B|
(dB)e^c ~d2 B=c|(dB)e^.c dB-TB>=c|dBec dBbg|(fd).e.f g2g||