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|f_annotation='''JIMMY O' THE BU'S POLKA'''. AKA and see "[[old Polka (The)]]." Scottish, Polka. Scotland, Orkney Islands. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. An un-named tune from the island of Hoy in the south of Orkney, called after its source. The tune is played as a polka on Orkney, despite the 4/4 setting which lends itself to interpretations as a barndance or schottische. The first strain is cognate with (but not identical) to "[[Beatrice Hill's Three Handed Reel]]," and the second strains are harmonically congruent although melodically different. | |f_annotation='''JIMMY O' THE BU'S POLKA'''. AKA and see "[[old Polka (The)]]." Scottish, Polka. Scotland, Orkney Islands. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. An un-named, c. 1950's, tune from the island of Hoy in the south of Orkney, called after its source. The tune is played as a polka on Orkney, despite the 4/4 setting which lends itself to interpretations as a barndance or schottische. The first strain is cognate with (but not identical) to "[[Beatrice Hill's Three Handed Reel]]," and the second strains are harmonically congruent although melodically different. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Len Wilson (b. 1938, Stomness, Orkney), as played by Jimmy Sinclair (Bu of Hoy) c. 1920's [Martin]. Jimmy Sinclair was father of Orkney botanist James Sinclair, "the botanist from the Bu". | |f_source_for_notated_version=Len Wilson (b. 1938, Stomness, Orkney), as played by Jimmy Sinclair (Bu of Hoy) c. 1920's [Martin]. Jimmy Sinclair was father of Orkney botanist James Sinclair, "the botanist from the Bu". | ||
|f_printed_sources= Martin ('''Traditional Scottish Fiddling'''), 2002; p. 101. | |f_printed_sources= Martin ('''Traditional Scottish Fiddling'''), 2002; p. 101. | ||
Revision as of 02:53, 14 November 2023
X: 1 T: Jimmy O' The Bu's Polka M: 4/4 L: 1/8 R: barndance / schottische / polka N:1st and 3rd parts of "The Silverton Polka" S:http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3118 K: Dmaj |: A2 A2 A>FA<d | c2 B2 B2 e>d | c2 c2 c>AB>c | d>cd>e f>ed>B | A2 A2 A>FA<d | c2 B2 B2 e>d |c2 c2 c>AB>c | d2 f2 d2 B2 :| |: A2 f2 f>ed>c | B2 g2 g3 f | e2 a2 ^g2 a2 | b2 a2 ^g2 a2 | A2 f2 f>ed>c | B2 g2 g3 b | a2 f2 g2 e2 | d2 f2 d4 :|
JIMMY O' THE BU'S POLKA. AKA and see "old Polka (The)." Scottish, Polka. Scotland, Orkney Islands. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. An un-named, c. 1950's, tune from the island of Hoy in the south of Orkney, called after its source. The tune is played as a polka on Orkney, despite the 4/4 setting which lends itself to interpretations as a barndance or schottische. The first strain is cognate with (but not identical) to "Beatrice Hill's Three Handed Reel," and the second strains are harmonically congruent although melodically different.
