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Tune ID#1123 (Lexy Macaskill's Reel)

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32ABACA Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Lexy Macaskill's Reel / Lexie McAskill's / Lexy McAskill / Lexie Macskills (2nd in set The Bag of Cats on SS 3) (also in E) (composed by Dr. John MacAskill) [This tune is not (yet?) part of the Irish tradition, but belongs rather to Scottish music.]
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Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.

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Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~198812#4
[SW] Silly Wizard. Live Wizardry. Johnny Cunningham (fiddle).
19926#1
[FVlly 2] Fintan Vallely and Mark Simos. Back to the Starry Lane. Irish and Scottish Traditional Music on Flute and Guitar. Fintan Vallely (flute), Mark Simos (guitar).
199211#3
[CFF 1] Kevin Burke / Johnny Cunningham / Christian Lemaître. Celtic Fiddle Festival. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Johnny Cunningham (fiddle), Christian Lemaître (fiddle).
~19966#3
[Nms 2] Nomos. Set You Free. Niall Vallely (concertina, keyboards), Vince Milne (fiddle), Gerry McKee (bouzouki), Frank Torpey (bodhrán), John Spillane (vocals, guitar, bass guitar).
~19975#2
[SS 3] Sharon Shannon. Each Little Thing. Sharon Shannon (accordion, fiddle, whistle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
St. Anne's		SW
Cairdin O't		CFF 1
Barrowburn Reel		SS 3
Played beforeOn Albums
Limerick Lasses		SW
Peggy on the Settle		FVlly 2
Trip to Windsor		SS 3

Bibliography

According to my research, there are zero transcriptions that are musically very similar to this tune anywhere in the indexed books, regardless of tune title. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. To learn to play this tune, simply learn it from another musician or study the recording(s) listed above. See also: Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music.

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1988
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