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T:Balkan Hills Schottische
M:2/4
L:1/16
Z:Transcribed by Bruce Osborne
K:D
ag|fAfe d2A2|BGdB A2de|fAAa gfed|f2e2 e2ag|
fAfe d2A2|BGdB A2de|faga gecA|d2f2 d2:|
|:fg|adfa f2ed|BGdB A2fg|adfa gfed|f2e2 e2fg|
adfa f2ed|BGdB A2de|faga gecA|d2f2 d2:|
|:AB|d2e2 f2ed|BGdB A2de|fAAa gfed|f2e2 e2AB|
d2e2 f2ed|BGdB A2de|faga gecA|d2f2 d2:||
BALKAN HILLS, THE. Scottish, March (2/4 time); Canadian, Schottishe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'CC (Messer): AABBCCDD (Gatherer): AABB'CCDD' (Bain, Martin). A well-known Scottish march, often used for couple dances such as 'The Military Schottische'.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Bain (50 Fiddle Solos), 1989; p. 14 (march). Gatherer (Gatherer's Musical Museum), 1987; p. 44. Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 92 (appears as "Balkan Hills Schottische"). Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; p. 15 (march). Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 190, p. 135.
Recorded sources : - F&W Records 4, "The Canterbury Country Orchestra Meets the F&W String Band." Folkways FW 8827, Arbuckle, Mikkelson & Clifton - "Old Time Couple Dances" (1961).
See also listing at :
Hear the tune played by Cape Breton fiddler Dan R. MacDonald at Juneberry 78's [1] (followed by "Lasses of Campbell Street")
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