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'''DROP, THE'''. AKA and see "Ward's Drop." English, Slip Jig. England, Northumberland. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody makes several appearances in London publisher Walsh's collections: '''Caledonian Country Dances''' (London, 17), '''The Third Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master''' (London, 1735), and '''The Compleat Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Third''' (London, 1749). | '''DROP, THE'''. AKA and see "Ward's Drop." English, Slip Jig. England, Northumberland. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody makes several appearances in London publisher Walsh's collections: '''Caledonian Country Dances''' (London, 17), '''The Third Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master''' (London, 1735), and '''The Compleat Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Third''' (London, 1749). It was included in the music manuscript collections of Northumbrian musician William Vickers [http://www.asaplive.com/archive/show_images.asp?id=R0308801&image=1] (1770), and London musician Thomas Hammersley (1790). | ||
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''Printed sources'': Seattle ('''William Vickers'''), 1987, Part 2; No. 318 | ''Printed sources'': Seattle ('''Great Northern/William Vickers'''), 1987, Part 2; No. 318 | ||
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Revision as of 18:34, 20 February 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
DROP, THE. AKA and see "Ward's Drop." English, Slip Jig. England, Northumberland. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody makes several appearances in London publisher Walsh's collections: Caledonian Country Dances (London, 17), The Third Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master (London, 1735), and The Compleat Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Third (London, 1749). It was included in the music manuscript collections of Northumbrian musician William Vickers [1] (1770), and London musician Thomas Hammersley (1790).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 318
Recorded sources: