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| Theme code Index
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1H1H55 1H1H22H
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| Also known as
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Kinnegad Slashers (The)
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| Composer/Core Source
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| Region
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England
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| Genre/Style
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English, Irish
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| Meter/Rhythm
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Jig/Quadrille
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| Key/Tonic of
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D
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| Accidental
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2 sharps
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| Mode
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Ionian (Major)
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| Time signature
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6/8
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| History
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| Structure
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AABB
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| Editor/Compiler
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John Buttery
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| Book/Manuscript title
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John Buttery music manuscript collection
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| Tune and/or Page number
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No. 951
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| Year of publication/Date of MS
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c. 1784-1820
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X:1
T:Drunken Mason
T:Kinnegad Slashers, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 951)
N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln,
N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in
N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs.
N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see
N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(3A/B/c/|d>ed dAF|A>BA ABc|d>ed dAF|Eee e2f|
d>ed dAF|A>BA A2g|f>ef dBA|Add d2:|
|:A|dfa afd|cd(e/f/) ecA|dfa afd|faa a2A|
dfa afd|cee efg|f>ef dBA|Add d2:|]
