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 Theme code Index    1346 536L2
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    George Saunders
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Contra
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    George Saunders
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:New and Complete Instructor for the Violin
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 4, p. 82
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1847
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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Nickerson's Reel: Annotations


X:1
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T:Nickerson’s Reel
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
C:George Saunders
N:Appears as the (optional) Finale to the Coquette Set of quadrilles:
N:”In some places, the Finale is used at the end of every cotillion,
N:and in others, only occasionally. The figures in Finales, as well as
N:the music, should be varied; that is, not the same changes each time.
N:The music, as a general thing, should be lively and animating, and of
N:a different style from the rest of the set; such as Reels, Gallope,
N:Hornpipes, and sometimes Songs.”
B:Saunders – New and Complete Instructor for the Violin (Boston, 1847, No. 4, p. 82)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
E|A>B ce|d/c/d/e/ fa/f/|ecc B/A/|(F<B) B{d}c/B/|
A>B ce |d/c/d/e/ fa/f/|ec/A/ EF/G/|A2A:|
|:(a/g/)|fefg|(ac).c a/g/|(fe)(ac)|B2 B{d}(c/B/)|
A>B ce|d/c/d/e/ fa/f/|ec/A/ EF/G/ A2A:|!D.C.!
X:1
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T:Nickerson's Reel
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Howe - 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
E | A>B ce | d/c/d/e/ fa/f/ | ec c(B/A/) | F<B B(c/B/) | 
A>B ce | d/c/d/e/ fa/f/ | ec/A/ EF/G/ | A2A :|
|: a/g/ | fe fg | (ac) ca/g/ | (fe) (ac) | B2 B{d}(c/B/) | 
A>B ce | d/c/d/e/ fa | ec/A/ EF/G/ | A2A :|
X:1
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T:Nickerson’s Reel
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:John M. Aldinger’s music manuscript collection (American Civil War-era)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
F: https://archive.org/stream/JohnMAldingerBook/MUMSS-00121#page/n25/mode/2up
K:G
D|G>A Bd|c/B/c/d/ eg/e/|dB BA/G/|EAA (B/A/)|
G>A Bd|c/B/c/d/ eg/e/|dB/G/ DE/F/|GGG:|
|:(g/f/)|edef|gBB (g/f/)|edgB|AAA (B/A/)|
G>A Bd|c/B/c/d/ eg/e/|dB/G/ DE/F/|GGG:|]

Nickerson's Reel: Annotations