Annotation:Gaby Boy (The): Difference between revisions

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GABY BOY, THE. AKA and see "Gobby-O (The)," "Gobbie O." English, Jig. England, Shropshire. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Irish and Scots versions, notes Matt Seattle, are in A Dorian and usually are known by the alternate titles. The first strain is shared with the American tune "Ginger Blue," which probably derived from minstrel origins.

Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman].

Printed sources: Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 68b, p. 27.

Recorded sources:

Tune properties and standard notation

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-'''GABY BOY, THE'''. AKA and see "[[Gobby (The)]]," "[[Gobbie O]]." English, Jig. England, Shropshire. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Irish and Scots versions, notes Matt Seattle, are in A Dorian and usually are known by the alternate titles. The first strain is shared with the American tune "[[Ginger Blue]]," which probably derived from minstrel origins.
+'''GABY BOY, THE'''. AKA and see "[[Gobby-O (The)]]," "[[Gobbie O]]." English, Jig. England, Shropshire. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Irish and Scots versions, notes Matt Seattle, are in A Dorian and usually are known by the alternate titles. The first strain is shared with the American tune "[[Ginger Blue]]," which probably derived from minstrel origins.
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