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|f_annotation='''BOYNE WATER [2]'''. English, Sword Dance; New England, Polka. F Mixolydian (Karpeles, Raven): F Major (Miller & Perron). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD (Karpeles, Raven): AABB (Miller & Perron). | |f_annotation='''BOYNE WATER [2]'''. English, Sword Dance; New England, Polka. F Mixolydian (Karpeles, Raven): F Major (Miller & Perron). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD (Karpeles, Raven): AABB (Miller & Perron). "Boyne Water [2]" was collected by folklorist and dance and music collector Cecil Sharp, from the playing of English musician John Locke (Leominster, Hereford) described as a "gipsy fiddler". The performance was captured by Sharp on a cylinder machine in 1909 for the earliest sound recording of the melody. "Boyne Water [2]" bears little relation to "Boyne Water [1]" save for one brief descending melodic line. The mode shifts between major, mixolydian and dorian, and the tonic note between 'F' and 'G'. | ||
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Cecil Sharp employed "Boyne Water [2]" for the fourth figure in the sword dance from the village of Sleights, England. | |||
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There was a military march of this name used in the British army in the Revolutionary War period, though it may be the tune in version #1 | <br> | ||
There was a military march of this name used in the British army in the Revolutionary War period, though it may be the tune in version #1. | |||
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|f_printed_sources=Karpeles & Schofield ('''A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs'''), 1951; p 29. Miller & Perron ('''New England Fiddler's Repertoire'''), 1983; No. 87. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 73. | |f_printed_sources=Karpeles & Schofield ('''A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs'''), 1951; p 29. Miller & Perron ('''New England Fiddler's Repertoire'''), 1983; No. 87. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 73. | ||
Latest revision as of 05:11, 12 May 2021
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BOYNE WATER [2]. English, Sword Dance; New England, Polka. F Mixolydian (Karpeles, Raven): F Major (Miller & Perron). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD (Karpeles, Raven): AABB (Miller & Perron). "Boyne Water [2]" was collected by folklorist and dance and music collector Cecil Sharp, from the playing of English musician John Locke (Leominster, Hereford) described as a "gipsy fiddler". The performance was captured by Sharp on a cylinder machine in 1909 for the earliest sound recording of the melody. "Boyne Water [2]" bears little relation to "Boyne Water [1]" save for one brief descending melodic line. The mode shifts between major, mixolydian and dorian, and the tonic note between 'F' and 'G'.
Cecil Sharp employed "Boyne Water [2]" for the fourth figure in the sword dance from the village of Sleights, England.
There was a military march of this name used in the British army in the Revolutionary War period, though it may be the tune in version #1.
