Annotation:Card and Spin

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 CARD AND SPIN. AKA and see "Camstrodden's Rant," "Jack in the West," "Mr. McPhadden's Favorite." English, Slip Jig. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Carding is the process of preparing the wool for spinning by drawing the raw fibers into line with each other. The melody appears under the "Card and Spin" title in the 1770 music manuscript book of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about who unfortunately little is known. Other versions of the tune are modal or minor-key. Vicker's own version may correctly have been in the mixolydian or dorian mode, rather than in the two sharps he set the tune in. Source for notated version: Williams Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumbria) []. Printed sources: Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 365. Recorded sources:

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