Annotation:Highland Piper (1)

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HIGHLAND PIPER [1]. English, Polka? C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody is contained in the Joseph Kershaw manuscript. Kershaw was a fiddler who lived in Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, in the 19th century, and his manuscript dates from around 1820 onward.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Knowles (The Joseph Kershaw Manuscript), 1993; No. 26.

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