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21 March 2022.
| Accuracy | Spot checked |
| Depth | Basic |
| Readability | Acceptable |
X:1
T:Scan Tester’s No. 2
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Polka
S:Scan Tester (1887-1972)
K:G
Bc|d2 dd d2d2|d2^c2=c2B2|A3B A2G2|F6 DE|
F2 EF G2 FG|A2d4 cB|A2G2F2E2|D6:|
|:Bc|d2G2B2 AB|c2E2A3B|c2e2d2c2|B4 B3c|
d2G2B2 AB|c2E2A3B|c2 ec B2A2|G6:||
SCAN TESTER’S NO. 2. AKA - "Scan Tester's No. 1." English, Polka (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). From the playing of Scan Tester [1] (1887-1972), a concertina player from Horstead Keynes, Ashdown Forest, Sussex. Tester also occasionally played the fiddle.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Barber (Nick Barber's English Choice), 2002; No. 63, p. 30 (as "Scan Tester's No. 1"). Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 47.
Recorded sources : - DMPCD 0204, Nick & Mary Barber with Huw Jones - "Lovely Nancy" (2002). 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 polka).
See also listing at :
Hear/see the tune played on melodeon by Lester Bailey [2]
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