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|f_annotation='''STARK MAD.'''  English, Reel (cut time). D Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was entered into the 1770 music manuscript copybook of Northumbrian musician William Vickers as “Stark Madd” [sic]. There are no sharps or flats in the key signature in Vickers’ ms., although that may be a mistake of omission (either mixolydian or major also works for the tune).  However, musician and Vickers researcher Matt Seattle<ref>http://www.farnearchive.com/detail.asp?id=R0302208 </ref>
|f_annotation='''STARK MAD.'''  English, Reel (cut time). D Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was entered into the 1770 music manuscript copybook of Northumbrian musician William Vickers as “Stark Madd” [sic]. There are no sharps or flats in the key signature in Vickers’ ms., although that may be a mistake of omission (either mixolydian or major also works for the tune).  However, musician and Vickers researcher Matt Seattle<ref>http://www.farnearchive.com/detail.asp?id=R0302208 </ref> notes that one other instance of the tune can be found in the Ralph Hutchinson manuscript<ref>Newcastle Society of Antiquaries manuscript Mu190</ref> (Durham, 1818), also with key signature with no sharps or flats indicated.
# <span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑</span> <span class="reference-text">http://www.farnearchive.com/detail.asp?id=R0302208 </span>
notes that one other instance of the tune can be found in an anonymous manuscript (Newcastle Society of Antiquaries manuscript Mu190), also with key signature with no sharps or flats indicated.
|f_source_for_notated_version=William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) [Seattle].
|f_source_for_notated_version=William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) [Seattle].
|f_printed_sources=Seattle ('''Great Northern Tune Book/William Vickers'''), 2007; No. 109, p. 22.
|f_printed_sources=Seattle ('''Great Northern Tune Book/William Vickers'''), 2007; No. 109, p. 22.
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STARK MAD. English, Reel (cut time). D Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was entered into the 1770 music manuscript copybook of Northumbrian musician William Vickers as “Stark Madd” [sic]. There are no sharps or flats in the key signature in Vickers’ ms., although that may be a mistake of omission (either mixolydian or major also works for the tune). However, musician and Vickers researcher Matt Seattle[1] notes that one other instance of the tune can be found in the Ralph Hutchinson manuscript[2] (Durham, 1818), also with key signature with no sharps or flats indicated.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) [Seattle].

Printed sources : - Seattle (Great Northern Tune Book/William Vickers), 2007; No. 109, p. 22.






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  1. http://www.farnearchive.com/detail.asp?id=R0302208
  2. Newcastle Society of Antiquaries manuscript Mu190