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Miss Simple's

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on August 20th 2008 by gian marco.

This tune has been added to 13 tunebooks.

Also known as The Hon Miss Sempill.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Miss Simple's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
f|g2dB GBdB|a2ec Acea|g2dB GBdB|c/B/Adc BGG:|
D|B,DGD CEAE|DFAB cAAG|B,DGD CEAE|DFA/B/c BGBG|
B,DGD CEAE|DFAB cedc|cdgd ceag|fdef gGG:|

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Miss Simple's sheetmusic
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Miss Simple's (reel)

Source: Leitrim's Hidden Treasure by McNamara Family
Transcription: gian marco pietrasanta

# Posted on August 20th 2008 by gian marco

Composer: Robert MacIntosh, 1793

# Posted on August 20th 2008 by gian marco

This tune is way ahead of its time!

# Posted on August 20th 2008 by PaddyCmusic

Reminds me of another Scottish tune called Loch Earn: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4961

# Posted on August 21st 2008 by slainte

Miss Simple's (reel)

The original title of this tune is "The Hon. Miss Sempill" and is from Robert "Red Rob" Mackintosh's 1793 collection.

# Posted on August 21st 2008 by nigelg

I like to play...

the second to last measure of the B part thusly:

|gdgd ceag|

to avoid repeating the c from the previous measure and to somewhat echo the BGBG in the fourth measure of the same part.

A fun tune! Thanks for sharing it!

# Posted on August 29th 2008 by muspc

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