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Revision as of 01:58, 24 October 2013
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MISS SUSAN COOPER. Shetland, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by the late Shetland pianist and piano-accordion player Ronnie Cooper (d. 1982), a self-taught musician. The tune is named for his sister. It is widely known by fiddlers throughout Britain and has been popular with Scottish dance bands. It can be heard as part of the "Flatback Caper" set, played on duelling mandolins, on Fairport Covention’s album "Full House.” See also his compositions “Left Handed Tushkar (The)” and “Mickie Ainsworth.”
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Anderson & Georgeson (Da Mirrie Dancers), 1970; p. 36. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 218. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaidh), 1990; p. 26.
Recorded sources: Celtic Crossings CD0299-02, Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin & Patrick Ourceau – “Tracin” (1999. Learned from Mabou, Cape Breton, fiddler Rodney MacDonald).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [3]
Hear the tune played by Tom Anderson and Aly Bain at Tobar an Dualchais [4] [5]