These two reels are a couple of the most popular in the Cape Breton 'raised bass' repertoire. They were transcribed from Jerry Holland's new solo CD Crystal Clear. It can be heard from that source by activating the real audio link below or by using the abcs
ABCs
* Christy Campbell Medley * from Jerry Holland (the reels are the last 2 tunes)
For more on scordatura notation.
Note that the drones have been left out. Lots of extra open strings are used.
Also note the fourth finger on the 3rd string in Bar1,4 and 8 sounds a B note which gives effective dissonance when play agains A drones
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