Cornish Four-Hand Reel

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Theme code Index	131H3 1461
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	ENGLAND(Southwest)
Structure	AABBCCDDAA
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Barry Callaghan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Hardcore English
Tune and/or Page number	p. 91
Year of publication/Date of MS	2007
Artist	Biography:William Hocken
Title of recording	Bocastle Breakdown: Southern English Country Music
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Topic Records 12T240
Year recorded	1974
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CORNISH FOUR-HAND REEL. English, Reel. England, Cornwall. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDAA. Source William Hocken was recorded by Richard Dimbleby at the Wellington Hotel in Bocastle in 1943. Hocken was a local bandmaster. The 64-bar melody is strongly associated with the dance the Bocastle Breakdowns, but can be played for the four-hand reel. (There is also a "Cornish Six-Hand Reel" of 32 bars, AKA "Johnny Mickey Batty's" in Ireland).

Source for notated version: William Hocken (Bocastle, Cornwall) [Callaghan].

Printed source: Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 91.

Recorded source: Topic Records 12T240, William Hocken (et al) "Bocastle Breakdown: Southern English Country Music" (1974. Various artists).

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