Annotation:Slingsbie’s Province

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X:1 T:Slingsbie’s Province M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Scots Measure N:Probably for stage dancer Simon Slingsby. B:McGlashan – Collection of Scots Measures (1780, p. 17) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B/c/|dgdg|d>cBc|dBcA|G/F/G/A/ G2 B/c/|dgdg|d>cBc|dBcA|G3:| |:B|A>BcB|A>d D>A|A>BcB|Ad D>c|B>cdc|B>cdc|B/d/B/G/ A/c/A/F/|GG G2:|


SLINGSBIE’S PROVINCE. Scottish, Scots Measure (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title probably refers to stage dancer Simon Slingsby (for whom see note for "annotation:Slingsby's Reel"), the 'province' being the performance stage.

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - McGlashan (A Collection of Scots Measures), c. 1780; p. 17.

Recorded sources: -


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