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'''DOCTOR SHAW'''. AKA - "Dr. Shaw." Scottish, Strathspey. D | '''DOCTOR SHAW'''. AKA - "Dr. Shaw." Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by the great Scottish fiddler and composer James Scott Skinner (1843-1927), dated the 3rd July, 1902, on Skinner's hand-written manuscipt [http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/display.php?ID=JSS0146]. The tune was popularized among Cape Breton Island fiddlers by Bill Lamey who recorded it on a 78 RPM recording. | ||
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Revision as of 19:41, 27 January 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
DOCTOR SHAW. AKA - "Dr. Shaw." Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by the great Scottish fiddler and composer James Scott Skinner (1843-1927), dated the 3rd July, 1902, on Skinner's hand-written manuscipt [1]. The tune was popularized among Cape Breton Island fiddlers by Bill Lamey who recorded it on a 78 RPM recording.
Source for notated version: Eddy Arsenault (b. 1921, St. Chrysostom, East Prince County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].
Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 104, p. 41. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 190. Skinner (Harp and Claymore Collection), 1904; p. 89.
Recorded sources: Jerry Holland - "Crystal Clear" (2000). WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac - "That's What You Get" (1997?). See also listing at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [2]