Annotation:Ross's Reel No. 1

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X: 1 % T:Ross's Reel No. 1 M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Jack O'Connor via Donna Hebert N:Played by Alvah Batchelder (Maine, 1936) K:Bb DFBc d2d2|c2c2B4|DFBd f2f2|=e2e2d4| d^cde f2b2|BABc d2f2|1 c=Bcd edc_B|ABAG FGFE:| |2 edcB AFGA|B2d2B2||\ K:F c=Bc||:dc=Bc _bcBc|dc=Bc acBc| _bagf edcB|AdcA Gc=Bc|dc=Bc _bcBc|dc=Bc acBc| _bgec =Bcde|1 f2a2 fc=Bc:|2 f4_e4||

ROSS'S REEL NO. 1. AKA- "Ross' Reel No. 1." American, Reel (cut time). USA, New England. B Flat Major ('A' part) & F Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Hébert notes: "Traditional, as played by Alvah Batchelder, 1936." Batchelder was a fiddler from Maine who had a dance band in the first half of the 20th century. See note for "annotation:Ross's Reel No. 4" for further explanation and information.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Jack O'Connor [Hinds]; Donna Hébert [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Hinds/Hébert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; p. 11. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 203.

Recorded sources: -

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []