Scollay's Reel - E MinorReeli

:	Em	Em	Em	DBm
	Em	Em	EmC	DEm	:
:	Em	Em	C	D
	Em	Em	CBm	Em	:

Tune Information

Author: Traditional

Origin: Shetland

This reel is a Shetland adaptation of the Irish hornpipe King of the Faeries. It was recorded in the 1950's by Shetland fiddler John Scollay, with his brother Peter on guitar. Scollay is a Shetland name of Norse origin.

Ref: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Scollay%27s_Reel

Ref: https://thesession.org/tunes/6463

Ref: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:King_of_the_Fairies_(The)

Julia Delaney (La Sorcière) - D MinorReeli

:	Dm	CAm	Dm	AmDm
	Dm	CAm	Dm	AmDm	:
:	F	C	Dm	AmDm
	F	C	BbCm	AmDm	:

Tune Information

Author: Traditional

Origin: USA - Midwest

Captain Francis O'Neill wrote and named this tune in honor of his wife's sister Julia, who was married to uilleann piper Bernard Delaney. Julia was from Feakle in County Clare, Ireland but the tune was composed in Chicago. Although the author is known, the tune has been so much changed since the original, which was in a major key, to the point that this version might be considered a different tune.

Ref: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Julia_Delaney_(1)

Ref: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Julia_Delaney_(2)

Ref: https://thesession.org/tunes/589

Star of Munster - A MinorReeli

:	AmG	AmEm	Am	GEm
	AmG	AmEm	Am	EmAm	:
	A	A	G	GEm
	A	A	GF	Em
	A	A	G	GEm
	A	A	GF	Em

Tune Information

Author: Traditional

Origin: Ireland

This tune was first printed in 1903 in America, in policeman and Irish traditional music collector Francis O'Neill's Music of Ireland, which contained 1850 melodies.

Ref: https://thesession.org/tunes/197

Ref: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Star_of_Munster_(The)

Ref: https://www.irishtune.info/tune/1830/

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_O%27Neill

Reel Beatrice - A Minor / A Minor / C MajorReeli

:	Am	Am	Am	Am
	Am	Dm	E	Am	:
:	Dm	Am	E	Am
	Dm	Am	E	Am	:
:	C	C	G	CG
	C	C	G	CGC	:

Tune Information

Author: Traditional

Origin: Italy

This tune was popularized in Quebec by fiddler Joseph Bouchard (1905-1979), who recorded in in 1938, and later by Chicago Irish-American fiddler Liz Carroll. However, it originates from a polka called Oggi Nevica from the Italian Ballo Liscio dance repertoire. It may have earlier variants and is in the style of a 19th century bal musette, with two parts in a minor key and the third in the corresponding major key. It is still popular in the Emilia Romagna region of northeastern Italy. Joseph Bouchard's original name for the tune appears to be Reel p'tit Charles. The name of the tune on the B side of his 1938 recording was Reel Beatrice and this was somehow later confused and became the commonly used name of the tune.

Ref: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Reel_B%C3%A9atrice

Ref: https://thesession.org/tunes/483

Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMvmkUXkS1g

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