Annotation:Slaggyford Galop

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X:1 T:Slaggyford Galop C:Robert Whinham M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Galop B:Dixon - Remember Me (1995, p. 37) K:D F/G/|Ad/f/ aa|bafd|Ad/f/ aa|b2 aA|....



SLAGGYFORD GALOP. English, Galop. England, Northumberland. D Major (‘A’ and ‘B’ parts) & G Major (‘C’ through ‘F’ parts). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD’EEFF. Composed by Robert Whinham (1814-1893), a musician, teacher, composer, dancing master and fiddler, originally from Morpeth. Graham Dixon (1995) notes that Slaggyford is a hamlet near Town Green, Northumberland.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - an un-attributed 19th century manuscript in the Beamish Museum [Dixon].

Printed sources : - Dixon (Remember Me), 1995; p. 37.

Recorded sources: -



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