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'''WIGHT’S REEL.''' Canadian, Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Perlman (1996) notes that Mr. Wight’s tune is probably a hybrid, and that the first strain is quite similar to Maritime fiddler Don Messer’s processing of the American old-time tune “[[Billy in the Lowground]].” | '''WIGHT’S REEL.''' Canadian, Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title is Ken Perman's name for the tune he collected. Perlman (1996) notes that Mr. Wight’s tune is probably a hybrid, and that the first strain is quite similar to Maritime fiddler Don Messer’s processing of the American old-time tune “[[Billy in the Lowground (1)]].” | ||
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''Source for notated version'': Elliot Wight (b. 1935, Flat River, South-East Queen’s County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of North River) [Perlman]. | ''Source for notated version'': Elliot Wight (b. 1935, Flat River, South-East Queen’s County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of North River) [Perlman]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Perlman ('''The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island'''), 1996; p. 107. | ''Printed sources'': Perlman ('''The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island'''), 1996; p. 107. | ||
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WIGHT’S REEL. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title is Ken Perman's name for the tune he collected. Perlman (1996) notes that Mr. Wight’s tune is probably a hybrid, and that the first strain is quite similar to Maritime fiddler Don Messer’s processing of the American old-time tune “Billy in the Lowground (1).”
Source for notated version: Elliot Wight (b. 1935, Flat River, South-East Queen’s County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of North River) [Perlman].
Printed sources: Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 107.
Recorded sources: