Blind Fiddler (The)

 BLIND FIDDLER, THE. AKA - "More Noise than Work." English, Old (or Triple) Hornpipe (6/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was originally published in Charles and Samuel Thompson's third country dance collection (London, 1773). It appears (as do several of the Thompson's 1773 tunes) in the music manuscript copybook of fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn.). Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 50.

X:1 T:Blind Fidder, The, or more Noise than Work M:6/4 L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb !trill!B4 dBfd b2f2|!trill!B4 dBdB c2F2|!trill!B4 dBfd b2f2|gbag fedc (B2 B2):| !trill!B4 dBfd b2f2|!trill!B4 dBdB c2F2|!trill!B4 dBfd b2f2|gbag fedc B4:||
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