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The Bride's

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on May 29th 2008 by Dow.

This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.

Also known as Flood On The Holm, The Flood On The Holm.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Bride's, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
d2AG FDA,D|B,DA,D CEAc|d2AF GBed|cAag fddc|
d2AG FDA,D|B,DA,D CEAc|dcdA BGdB|AFGE FDDg||
fgaf dAFD|GBed cAAg|fgaf dAFA|GBEc dDDg|
fgaf dAFD|GBed cAAe|dfeg fagb|afge fddc||

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The Bride's sheetmusic
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The Bride's Reel

Composed by James Scott Skinner. The tune is the last of three that appear in John Doherty's medley he entitled "Flood on the Holm", which a friend of mine has kindly transcribed for us. Note that in Flood on the Holm, the parts are reversed.

X: 1
T: The Flood On The Holm
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
AG|:FD (3DDD FGAd | cdAd BE (3EEE| FD (3DDD FGAd | cdAG FD (3DDD :|
fdcd ABcd |efgf eEEg| fdcd ABcA | GAEF Ddde |
fdcd ABcd | efgf eE (3EEE | DFEG FAGB | AFGE FDFA ||
d2AG FDFA | Beed cABc | d2AG FGAg | fdec dfec |
d2AG FADA | Beed cABc | dcdA BGBd | AFGE FDD2 ||
fgaf dAFA | GBed cAA2| fgaf dAFA | GBEc dDD2|
fgaf dAFA | GBed cAA2| dfeg fagb |afge fdec ||
d2AG FDA,D | B,DA,D CEAc | d2AF GBed | ceag fdd2 |
d2AG FDA,D | B,DA,D CEAc | dcdA BGBd | AFGE D2 ||

Find the other two tunes in the medley here:

1) The Spinning Wheel http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8570
2) The Auld Wheel http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4728

# Posted on May 29th 2008 by Dow

Hear a clip of the composer playing the tune http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/audio.php

# Posted on May 30th 2008 by Dow

This is one of those tunes like the Bride's Reel http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8575 that would work just as well as a double with repeated parts, because of the variation in the phrase endings.

# Posted on May 31st 2008 by Dow

Sorry, I meant like "David Adams".

# Posted on May 31st 2008 by Dow

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