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'''GEORGE THE IV''' (Fourth). See "[[King George the IV]]." Scottish, Strathspey; Irish, Highland. Ireland, County Donegal. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle) AA'B (Honeyman): AABC (Kerr). A popular | '''GEORGE THE IV''' (Fourth). See "[[King George the IV]]." Scottish, Strathspey; Irish, Highland. Ireland, County Donegal. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle) AA'B (Honeyman): AABC (Kerr). A popular Highland in County Donegal, although it began as a Scottish strathspey called "[[King George the IV]]" by Captain Daniel Menzies. Donegal fiddler Mickey Doherty (d. 1970) played an influential version on the recording "The Donegal Fiddle." The strathspey is also very popular among Cape Breton fiddlers. | ||
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Tune properties and standard notation
GEORGE THE IV (Fourth). See "King George the IV." Scottish, Strathspey; Irish, Highland. Ireland, County Donegal. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle) AA'B (Honeyman): AABC (Kerr). A popular Highland in County Donegal, although it began as a Scottish strathspey called "King George the IV" by Captain Daniel Menzies. Donegal fiddler Mickey Doherty (d. 1970) played an influential version on the recording "The Donegal Fiddle." The strathspey is also very popular among Cape Breton fiddlers.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; p. 16. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 8, No. 1, p. 7.
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]