ABOUT THE PIECE
Jig (although it's called reel in the title)
by Robert Mackintosh c.1745-1807
COMMENTS
I heard this for the first time in St Andrews when Susan MacFadyen shared one of her sets with us.
I really like this tune, the second half is really cheery and funky and sounds a bit like something that could be used as a theme tune on TV. It seems odd that it appears to have been written at the end of the 18th Century, it sounds more modern than that, but I can't find any other Robert Mackintoshes.
I'm not really that familiar with the tune but it's quite catchy, and generally sequential which makes it easier to learn.
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