Annotation:Katherine Brennan's Favorite

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 KATHERINE BRENNAN'S FAVORITE. AKA and see "Swinging on a Gate." Irish-American, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune, says Andy McGann (who learned it from his fiddle teacher Katherine Brennan), is basically the reel "Swinging on a Gate," slowed and slightly altered. Brennan played it frequently at sessions.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources:  Recorded sources: Shanachie 29009, "Andy McGann and Paul Brady" (1977. The music is notated in the booklet that comes with the album).

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