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|f_annotation='''GILLIS' FAVOURITE'''. AKA - "Gillis' Favorite." AKA and see "[[Dancing of the Fingers (The)]]," "[[Dancing Fingers (1)]]," "[[Irish Fiddler]]." Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Various Cape Breton fiddlers have reversed the parts. Alexander Gillis was one half of the Inverness Serenaders (with Alcide Aucoin), fiddlers who recorded for Decca Records in the 1930's. Both had moved to Boston in search of work (Aucoin was an electric welder and Gillis was a carpenter), who, in addition to their recordings, broadcast over the radio and played Saturday night dances at O'Connell Hall, Dudley Street. Unfortunately, Gillis's fiddling career was cut short when he lost a finger working in his sawmill.   
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'''GILLIS' FAVOURITE'''. Canadain, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Various Cape Breton fiddlers have reversed the parts. Alexander Gillis was one half of the Inverness Serenaders (with Alcide Aucoin), fiddlers who recorded for Decca Records in the 1930's. Both had moved to Boston in search of work (Aucoin was an electric welder and Gillis was a carpenter), who, in addition to their recordings, broadcast over the radio and played Saturday night dances at O'Connell Hall, Dudley Street. Unfortunately, Gillis's fiddling career was cut short when he lost a finger working in his sawmill.   
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<font color=red>''Source for notated version''</font>: - Angus Chisholm (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg].  
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<font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Dunlay & Greenberg ('''Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton'''), 1996; p. 77.
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<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> -Decca 14017, Alex Gillis and Alcide Aucoin/The Inverness Serenaders (c. 1936).</font>
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Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t1418.html]<br>
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GILLIS' FAVOURITE. AKA - "Gillis' Favorite." AKA and see "Dancing of the Fingers (The)," "Dancing Fingers (1)," "Irish Fiddler." Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Various Cape Breton fiddlers have reversed the parts. Alexander Gillis was one half of the Inverness Serenaders (with Alcide Aucoin), fiddlers who recorded for Decca Records in the 1930's. Both had moved to Boston in search of work (Aucoin was an electric welder and Gillis was a carpenter), who, in addition to their recordings, broadcast over the radio and played Saturday night dances at O'Connell Hall, Dudley Street. Unfortunately, Gillis's fiddling career was cut short when he lost a finger working in his sawmill.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Angus Chisholm (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg].

Printed sources : - Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton), 1996; p. 77. Dunlay & Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music of Cape Breton), 1986; No. 45, p. 54 (appears as "Traditional Reel").

Recorded sources : - Decca 14017, Alex Gillis and Alcide Aucoin/The Inverness Serenaders (c. 1936).

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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