Annotation:Self (3) (The)
X: 1 T:New Sylphs.,aka TS.125, The T:Bill Hall's No.1,aka TS.125 M:2/4 L:1/16 Q:1/4=90 B:Thomas Sands' MS,1810,Lincolnshire R:country dance N:Different tune from "The Sylph", Hardcore English p.64 N:The 'The Sylph' was written by John Abraham Fisher O: Z:vmp.Ruairidh Greig, 2011 F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Sands/Sands%20MS(12-4-16).abc z2|BcBA G2D2|GABc d2g2|BcBA G2AB|c2A2A4| BcBA G2D2|GABc defg|edcB ABcd|B2G2G2:| |:d2|g2>a2 b2ag|a2f2d2f2|g2>a2 b2ag|a2d2d2z2| gfga bagf|e^def gfe=d|d2>B2 ABcd|B2G2G2:|]
SELPH, THE. AKA and see "Self [3], The." English, Reel or Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "The Selph" was entered in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter (1774-1861), a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset, southwest England. The tune was also entered in English musicians manuscripts often as an untitled tune; it can be found thus in the John Buttery (Lincolnshire, early 19th century), Thomas Sands (Lincolnshire, 1810), and R. Hughes (Shropshire, 1823) collections.
