Annotation:Jeannie Chock da Bairn

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 JEAN(N)IE CHOCK/SHOKE (Shocked) DA BAIRN. AKA and see "Bride's Welcome Hame (Da)," "Bride's Welcome Home (The)." Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Unst and North Mainland districts. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Bain): AABB (Anderson). A traditional Shetland reel, used as a vehicle for the dance The Shetland Reel. The modal tonality shifts between dorian and mixolydian.  Source for notated version: from the playing of "the late" Henry Thomson (Vidlin, Shetland, who moved to Ollaberry) [Anderson]; Tom Anderson (c. 1991, Lerwick, Shetland) [Flett & Flett].  Printed sources: Anderson (Ringing Strings), 1983; p. 41. Bain (50 Fiddle Solos), 1989; p. 39. Flett & Flett (Traditional Dancing in Scotland), 1964; p. 219 (appears as "Jeannie Shock da Bairn").  Recorded sources: Folktrax FTX-368, Henry Thomson - "Da Farder Ben da Wylkomer" (1978). Front Hall 018, How To Change a Flat Tire - "Traditional Music of Ireland and Shetland" (learned from Tom Anderson. Mistitled as "Jeannie Choke da Bairn"). Topic 12TS379, Aly Bain & Tom Anderson - "Shetland Folk Fiddling, vol. 2" (1978).

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