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< | '''BAKER, THE'''. Scottish (originally), Canadian, Irish; Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning. AA'B (Skinner): AABB (Cranford/Fitzgerlad) . Written by Scottish fiddling and composing giant J. Scott Skinner (1841-1927) for George Gordon. The tune has some currency in Irish circles, having been recorded by fiddlers Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds, and Sean Keane. Donegal fiddler John Doherty had a version (see Larry Sanger's "Gan Ainm" abc's below) that Nigel Gatherer identifies as an amalgam of two Skinner tunes, "The Baker" and "The 10£ Fiddle." Some similarities to the Irish "Contradiction Reel." | ||
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''Source for notated version:'' Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. | |||
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''Printed sources:'' Cranford ('''Winston Fitzgerald'''), 1997; No. 78, pg. 34. Skinner ('''The Scottish Violinist'''), pg. 5. Skinner ('''Harp and Claymore'''), 1904; pg. 102. | |||
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''Recorded sources:'' Rounder CD 11661-7033-2, Natalie MacMaster - "My Roots are Showing" (2000). Shanachie 14001, "The Early Recordings of Angus Chisholm" (Cape Breton fiddler who recorded it in the 1930's a medley with "The 10 Pound Fiddle"). Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds. Seamus & Kevin Glackin - "Northern Lights." | |||
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BAKER, THE. Scottish (originally), Canadian, Irish; Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning. AA'B (Skinner): AABB (Cranford/Fitzgerlad) . Written by Scottish fiddling and composing giant J. Scott Skinner (1841-1927) for George Gordon. The tune has some currency in Irish circles, having been recorded by fiddlers Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds, and Sean Keane. Donegal fiddler John Doherty had a version (see Larry Sanger's "Gan Ainm" abc's below) that Nigel Gatherer identifies as an amalgam of two Skinner tunes, "The Baker" and "The 10£ Fiddle." Some similarities to the Irish "Contradiction Reel."
Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].
Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 78, pg. 34. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), pg. 5. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pg. 102.
Recorded sources: Rounder CD 11661-7033-2, Natalie MacMaster - "My Roots are Showing" (2000). Shanachie 14001, "The Early Recordings of Angus Chisholm" (Cape Breton fiddler who recorded it in the 1930's a medley with "The 10 Pound Fiddle"). Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds. Seamus & Kevin Glackin - "Northern Lights."
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