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'''GEORDIE AFFLECK'''. AKA and see "[[Eammon Coyne's Reel]]," "[[Mint in the Corn (The)]]." Scottish, Reel. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Geordie Affleck" is a later name for the tune originally composed in the key of E Flat by fiddler-composer [[Biography:William Marshall]] (1748-1833), issued under the title "[[English Mariner (The)]]." It was published on a single-sheet, paired with Marshall's "[[Marchioness of | '''GEORDIE AFFLECK'''. AKA and see "[[Eammon Coyne's Reel]]," "[[Mint in the Corn (The)]]." Scottish, Reel. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Geordie Affleck" is a later name for the tune originally composed in the key of E Flat by fiddler-composer [[Biography:William Marshall]] (1748-1833), issued under the title "[[English Mariner (The)]]." It was published on a single-sheet, paired with Marshall's "[[Marchioness of Cornwallis' Strathspey (The)]]," and was later published by fiddler-composer [[Biography:Johnny Pringle]] as "[[Miss Maxwell Gordon’s Reel]]." The tune is known among older fiddlers in County Donegal, Ireland, as "[[Mint in the Corn (The)]]" played variously in the key of D Major (Francie Dearg & Mickey ban O Beirn) or A Major (John Doherty & Danny O'Donnell). | ||
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GEORDIE AFFLECK. AKA and see "Eammon Coyne's Reel," "Mint in the Corn (The)." Scottish, Reel. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Geordie Affleck" is a later name for the tune originally composed in the key of E Flat by fiddler-composer Biography:William Marshall (1748-1833), issued under the title "English Mariner (The)." It was published on a single-sheet, paired with Marshall's "Marchioness of Cornwallis' Strathspey (The)," and was later published by fiddler-composer Biography:Johnny Pringle as "Miss Maxwell Gordon’s Reel." The tune is known among older fiddlers in County Donegal, Ireland, as "Mint in the Corn (The)" played variously in the key of D Major (Francie Dearg & Mickey ban O Beirn) or A Major (John Doherty & Danny O'Donnell).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRE II), 1976; No. 191 (appears as untitled reel). Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 276.
Recorded sources: Olympic 6151, Angus Cameron - "Scottish Traditional Fiddle Music" (1978).