Celtic Cousins

Reel · 4/4 · F major

Celtic Cousins is a modern reel composed in four-four meter by the Cape Breton fiddlers Howie MacDonald and Dougie MacDonald. Written in the key of F major, the tune exemplifies the lively, driving style and rhythmic phrasing characteristic of contemporary Cape Breton dance music. Because it was composed by two well-known modern tradition-bearers, it lacks a centuries-old historical backstory and is instead performed widely at contemporary fiddle sessions and dances.

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