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'''SCAN TESTER’S NO. 1.'''  English, Polka (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). An untitled polka from the playing of Scan Tester [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scan_Tester] (1887-1972), a concertina player from Horsted Keynes, Ashdown Forest, Sussex. Tester also occasionally played the fiddle.  
'''SCAN TESTER’S NO. 1.'''  English, Polka (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). An untitled polka from the playing of Scan Tester [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scan_Tester] (1887-1972), a concertina player from Horsted Keynes, Ashdown Forest, Sussex. Tester also occasionally played the fiddle.  



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Sheet Music for "Scan Tester's Polka No. 1"Scan Tester's Polka No. 1PolkaGCDGCGCDGCDGCGDGGDGDGSource: Scan Tester (1887-1972)



Scan Tester

SCAN TESTER’S NO. 1. English, Polka (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). An untitled polka from the playing of Scan Tester [1] (1887-1972), a concertina player from Horsted Keynes, Ashdown Forest, Sussex. Tester also occasionally played the fiddle.


Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 47.

Recorded sources: -EFDSSCD13, Dan Quinn & Will Duke – “Hardcore English” (2007. Various artists). HEBE Music HEBECD03, Dan Quinn & Will Duke – “Scanned.” Topic Records 12T455/6, Scan Tester – “I Never Played to Many Posh Dances” (appears as untitled “Stepdance”).

See also listing at:
Hear the tune played on melodeon by Lester Bailey [2]



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