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'''DEFIANCE [1]'''. American, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "As performed by R. Tyson" states the note in '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''' (1883), an as-yet unknown performer. Al Smitley suggests the tune may possibly have been named for either a warship, clipper ship or a bark called Defiance, a name that does appear in '''American Clipper Ships''' 1833-1858 by Howe and Matthews. | '''DEFIANCE [1]'''. American, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "As performed by R. Tyson" states the note in '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''' (1883), an as-yet unknown performer (see also his "[[Bella Union]]" reel). Al Smitley suggests the tune may possibly have been named for either a warship, clipper ship or a bark called Defiance, a name that does appear in '''American Clipper Ships''' 1833-1858 by Howe and Matthews. | ||
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Tune properties and standard notation
DEFIANCE [1]. American, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "As performed by R. Tyson" states the note in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883), an as-yet unknown performer (see also his "Bella Union" reel). Al Smitley suggests the tune may possibly have been named for either a warship, clipper ship or a bark called Defiance, a name that does appear in American Clipper Ships 1833-1858 by Howe and Matthews.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 94. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 129.
Recorded sources: