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stable version,
checked on
4 March 2020.
| Accuracy | Spot checked |
| Depth | Basic |
| Readability | Acceptable |
X:1
T:Scan Tester's No. 1
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Polka
S:Scan Tester (1887-1972)
K:G
BA|G2G2 GABc|d4 d2B2|c2d2e2f2|g4 g2b2|
a2g2f2e2|e2d2B3d|e2d2c2B2|A4 ABAG|
G2G2 GABc|d4 d2B2|c2d2e2f2|g4 g2b2|
a2g2f2e2|e2d2B3A|G2B2 cB A2|G6||
|:BA|G3A B2c2|e2d2B2B2|A3B cBAc|e2d2B2A2|
G3A B2c2|e2d2B2g2|fedc B2A2|G6:|
SCAN TESTER’S NO. 1. English, Polka (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). An untitled polka from the playing of Scan Tester [1] (1887-1972), a concertina player from Horsted Keynes, Ashdown Forest, Sussex. Tester also occasionally played the fiddle.
Additional notes
Source for notated version: -
Printed sources : - Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 47.
Recorded sources: -EFDSSCD13, Dan Quinn & Will Duke – “Hardcore English” (2007. Various artists). HEBE Music HEBECD03, Dan Quinn & Will Duke – “Scanned.” Topic Records 12T455/6, Scan Tester – “I Never Played to Many Posh Dances” (appears as untitled “Stepdance”).
See also listing at:
Hear the tune played on melodeon by Lester Bailey [2]
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