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Theme code Index
137L5 31H1H3
Also known as
Far away from Home , Great Eastern Reel (1) , Jacket of Batteries , Land of Sunshine (The)
Composer/Core Source
Peter Scollay
Region
Scotland
Genre/Style
Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/2
History
SCOTLAND(Shetland/Orkney)
Structure
AA'BB'
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Year of publication/Date of MS
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Score 1 )
X:1
T:Saxavord
N:Transcribed from a 1954 field recording of fiddler Peter Scollay (1922-2000),
N:Burravoe, Shetland.
N:c.f. De Dannan's "Jacket of Batteries" and the first strain of "Silver Spire"
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
D:https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/89476?l=en
Z:Andrew Kuntz
K:D
A,C|D2FD CEAG|FAdc dAFA|GBeG FAdA|^GBed cA=GE|
D2FD CEAG|FAdc dAFA|^GBed cA=GE|1(F/G/F) D2-D2:|2 (F/G/F)D2D2||
|:fg|afdA gecA|de{fg}fe dAFA|GBeG FAdA|^GBed cA=GE|
D2 {G}FD CEAG|FAdc dAFA|1^GBed cA=GE|(F/G/F) D2-D2:|2 ^GBed cea=g|f2d2d2||
