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'''PEACOCK [3], THE.''' English, March (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune also was entered into the music manuscript collections of multi-instrumentalist John Rook (Waverly, Cumbria, 1840) and fife player Thomas Nixon (Conn., 1776). Nixon's version is odd, and may be a 'second' or harmony. | '''PEACOCK [3], THE.''' English, March (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune also was entered into the music manuscript collections of multi-instrumentalist John Rook (Waverly, Cumbria, 1840) and fife player Thomas Nixon (Conn., 1776). Nixon's version is odd, and may be a 'second' or harmony. | ||
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PEACOCK [3], THE. English, March (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune also was entered into the music manuscript collections of multi-instrumentalist John Rook (Waverly, Cumbria, 1840) and fife player Thomas Nixon (Conn., 1776). Nixon's version is odd, and may be a 'second' or harmony.
X:1 T:Peacock [3], The M: 2/4 L:1/8 R:March S:Thomas Nixon Jr./Joseph Long copybook (c. 1776-78, p. 73) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D c|BGGB|c2d2|eeed|eA Ac| BGGB|c2d2|ed fe/d/|cA A:| |:B|ceef|gf ge|efge|a2a2| aA AB|c2d2|ee fe/d/|cA A2:|]
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 2), 1785; p. 6, No. 17. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes vol. 4), 1808; p. 161.
Recorded sources: