Annotation:Carnie's Canter

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 CARNIE'S CANTER. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Hunter): AB (Skye): AABB (Perlman). Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1842-1927). The tune is well represented by Cape Breton fiddlers, including Winston Fitzgerald (who recorded it on a 78 RPM disc) and Buddy MacMaster. One of the earliest 78 RPM recordings, Celtic 006 released in 1936, featured fiddler Dan J. Campbell playing this tune (in medley with "Mrs. Dingwall of Brockly's"). Sources for notated versions: Kenny Chaisson (b. c. 1947, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Rollo Bay) [Perlman]; Hector MacAndrew [Martin]. Printed sources: Hunter (The Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 260. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 142. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 121. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 117. Skinner (Miller O'Hirn). Recorded sources: Rounder Records 7052, Buddy MacMaster - "The Cape Breton Tradition" (2003). Rounder Records, John L. MacDonald - "Formerly of Foot Cape Road: Scottish Fiddle Music in the Classic Inverness County Style" (2005). See also listing at Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings index [].

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