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| Accuracy | Spot checked |
| Depth | Basic |
| Readability | Acceptable |
X:1
T:Tom Dey
M:C
L:1/16
R:Strathspey
C:J. Scott Skinner
K:A
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TOM DEY STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Canadian; Strathspey (whole time). Canada; Cape Breton, P.E.I. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Scottish fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). The melody appears in J. Murdoch Henderson’s collection of Skinner’s music published in 1957 (The Scottish Music Maker).
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Peter Chaisson, Jr. (b. 1942, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].
Printed sources : - Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 13, p. 6. Henderson (The Scottish Music Maker), 1957. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 194.
Recorded sources : - Jerry Holland – “Crystal Clear” (2000). Rounder 7005, Carl MacKenzie - "Welcome to Your Feet Again" (1977). Rounder Records 7057, Jerry Holland – “Parlor Music” (2005).
See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
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