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X:1
T:Saratoga Hornpipe [1]
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:F Major
|: AB | c=BcA d_Bfd | cAFA cAdc| BAGB AGFA | Gc=Bd c_BAB |
c=BcA d_Bfd | cAFA cdef | defg efga |f2f2f2 :|
|: ef | aAgA fAeA | fAeA dAfA | eA^ce agfe | fgef defg |
aAgA fAeA | fAeA dAdf | efga bgeg | f2f2f2 :|
SARATOGA HORNPIPE [1]. AKA and see "Saratoga Reel (2)." American, Scottish, Canadian; Hornpipe (2/4 and 4/4 time). F Major (Howe): C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was named for Saratoga, New York, a still-fashionable spa and resort town, also known for its summer horse-racing since 1863, the oldest thoroughbred racecourse in America.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Ruthie Dornfeld (Seattle, Washington) [Phillips]; concertina player Joel Bernstein (Seattle, Washington) [Songer].
Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 101. Craig (The Empire Collection of Hornpipes), 1890; p. 6. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), Boston, c. 1867; p. 58. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), Glasgow, c. 1880’s; No. 380, p. 42. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-ghedllaedh), 1990; p. 42. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 224. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 176. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, Boston, 1883; p. 137.
Recorded sources : - Randel Bays & Joel Bernstein - “The Rashers.” Nomos (appears as “Saratoga Reel”). Rounder Records, Buddy MacMaster - "Cape Breton Tradition."
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