Sugar Banks

Find traditional instrumental music


Sugar Banks  Click on the tune title to see or modify Sugar Banks's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Special:Browse/:Sugar Banks
Query the Archive
Query the Archive
 Theme code Index    3L111 6L5L4L2L
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    John French
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    B
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire)
 Structure    AA'B
 Editor/Compiler    John French
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Collection of New Strathspeys Reels etc.
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 4
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1801
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Sugar Banks C:John French N:French (1753-1803) was a fiddler-composer of Ayr. M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:John French – Collection of New Strathspeys, Reels, etc. (1801) N:Dedicated to Mrs. Boswell of Auchinleck N:Published by Gow & Shepherd, “for behoof of Mr. French’s widow and children.” K:Bb F|D<FB>F B/c/d/c/ B>F|G<BTF>D EC-CE|D<FB>F B/c/d/c/ B>F|1 G<BTF>E DB,-B,:|2 E<Ce>c dB- Bd/e/|| f>dBb f<Bd>B|FB {e}dc/B/ Ac cd/e/|f>dBb f<dBD|EGCF B,B-Bd/e/| f>dBb f<Bd>B|FB {e}dc/B/ Ac cd/e/|f>Be<g f<de>c|B>F {A}GF/E/ DB,-B,||