Rod Alexander’s reel

Also known as Rod A., Rod Alexander, Rod Alexanders, Visits With Arthur Muise.

There are 6 recordings of this tune.

Rod Alexander’s has been added to 3 tune sets.

Rod Alexander's has been added to 17 tunebooks.

Two settings

X: 1
T: Rod Alexander's
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
E|"Am"{AB}[A2A2] cB A/Ez/GE|ABcB Ac{Bc}BA|"G"[G2G,2] BA "C"G/Ez/DE|"G"GABG "Em"{AB}[A2A2] GE|
"Am"{AB}[A2A2] cB A/Ez/GE|ABcB Ac{Bc}BA|"G"GEDB, G,B,Dg|"C"ec"G"dB "Am"{AB}[A2A2] A:|
|:B|"Am"A/az/ag aeea|"Em"gabg "Am"a/a/a ge|"G"dgga "C"{ga}gede|"G"gabg "Em"{ef}[e2e2] dB|
"Am"e/az/ag aeea|"Em"gabg "Am"a/a/a {Bc}BA|"G"GEDB, G,B,Dg|"C"ec"G"dB "Am"{AB}[A2A2] A:|

X: 2
T: Rod Alexander's
R: reel

One comment

Rod Alexander’s

This Cape Breton reel was written by Father Angus Morris, a priest from Mabou. This tune can be found in Brenda Stubbert’s 2nd Collection, published by Cranford Publications. A fun tune, but it can be tricky at times, especially with all the crazy Cape Breton grace notes. In bar A4, it sound like it should go to an E note, but everyone plays it as an A, despite it being an E minor chord.

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