Find traditional instrumental music
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P: Mabou Coal Mines
C: as played by Johnny Wilmot, Dunlay Colln.
C: arr. T. Traub 2-26-05
R: Strathspey
M: 4/4
K: A
L: 1/8
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MABOU COAL MINES. Canadian, Reel or Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Named for a town in Cape Breton that has been a center for traditional music.
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - Johnny Wilmot (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg].
Printed sources : - Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape Breton), 1996; p. 38.
Recorded sources: -Atlantica Music 02 77657 50222 26, Kyle & Lucy MacNeil - "Atlantic Fiddles" (1994). Barra Music Co., The Barra MacNeils - "Rock in the Stream" (1989). Buckshot BT 9005, Johnny Wilmot - "Cape Breton Fiddling: All Time Favorite..." Marquis ERA 181, David Greenberg/Puirt a Baroque - "Bach Meets Cape Breton" (1996. Appears as "Traditional Mabou Strathspey"). Oak/Heritage Music RHF9, Johnny Wilmot - "Red Hot Fiddle" (Reissue of Buckshot BT 9005).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
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