Lardner's Reel (1)

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X: 1 T: Lardner's Reel [1] M: C| L: 1/8 B: NEFR #69 B: Ryan's "Mammoth Collection", 1883, p.44 #144 F: http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/LAR.htm N: The Fiddler's Companion notes that the first part of this tune is combined with the N: second parts of several other reels, and this is common in tunes of American origin. F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/Contra/NEFR/T/Lardners_Reel.abc K: A E2 \ | A2 Ac BA GB | Ac eg a2 ga | bg eg ag fe | dc BA GB EG | | A2 Ac BA GB | Ac eg a2 ga | bg eg ag ae | fd BG A2 :| |: E2 \ | E2 GE BE GB | A2 cA eA cA | B2 ^dB fB dB | e2 ge bg eg | | ag ae fa ec | de fg ag af | ea gf ed cB | cE GB A2 :|

X:1 T:Lardner's Reel [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:A.S. Bowman – “J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, B:etc.” (Phila., 1908, No. 254, p. 53) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A E|A>c B/A/G/B/|A/c/e/g/ a(g/a/)|b/g/e/g/ a/e/c/e/|f/e/d/c/ B/A/G/B/| A>c B/A/G/B/|a/c/e/g/ a(g/a/)|b/g/e/g/ a/e/c/e/|f/e/d/B/ A:| |:E|E(G/E/) B/E/G/B/|A(c/A/) e/A/c/A/|B(^d/B/) f/B/d/B/|e/g/b/g/ e(3e/f/g/| a/g/a/e/ f/a/e/c/|d/e/f/g/ a/g/a/f/ |e/a/g/f/ e/d/c/B/ |AcA:|

X: 1 T: 20. LARDNER'S REEL [1] B: Sam Bayard, "Hill Country Tunes" 1944 #20 S: Played by Irvin Yaugher Jr, Mt Independence, PA, Oct 19 1943. Learned by ear from other local fiddling. N: Bayard points out that variants of the first half of this tune are found frequently in N: the American instrumental tradition, "it seems to have no steadfast association with N: any one second strain." R: reel M: 4/4 L: 1/8 Z: 2010 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> K: A [A2E2] |\ [A2E2]Ac BA^/GB | Acef/g/ a2ga |\ bgeg aece | fedc BAGB | A2Ac BA^/GB | Acef/g/ a2g>b | bgeg aece | fedB A2 || z2 | E2[A2E2] [BE]AGB | [A2E2][cE][AE] eAcA |\ B2de fedf | e2ge "a."bgeg | agae faec | defg agaf |\ eagf edcB | A2^/c2 A2 |] P:VAR: "a."bge2 |] y8 y8 y8 y8 y8 y8 y8 y8

X:2 T:Lardner's Reel [1] M:C| L:1/8 K:A |:A2 Ac BAGB|Aceg a2 ga|bgeg agfe|dcBA GBEG| A2 Ac BAGB|Aceg a2 ga|bgeg agae|fdBG A2 E2:| |:E2 GE BEGB|A2 cA eAcA|B2 ^dB fBdB|e2 ge bgeg| A2 GA B2 AB|c2 Bc d2ed|c2 BA E2 G2|A4 A2:|