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'''HOBB'S FAVORITE'''. AKA and see "[[Boston Rattlers']],""[[Colonel McBain's]]," "[[Connemara Stockings]]," "[[Miss Abercrombie's Reel]]," "[[Winter Apples (1)]]." American, Scottish (originally) Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. An American title for an older British Isles import, of which both Scottish and Irish versions are common. Presumably 'Hobb's' was a regional New England musician, and William Bradbury Ryan's (or publisher Elias Howe's) source. The "Boston Rattlers'" alternate title would seem to support its currency among 19th century New England musicians. | '''HOBB'S FAVORITE'''. AKA and see "[[Boston Rattlers']]," "[[Colonel McBain's]]," "[[Connemara Stockings]]," "[[Miss Abercrombie's Reel]]," "[[Winter Apples (1)]]." American, Scottish (originally) Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. An American title for an older British Isles import, of which both Scottish and Irish versions are common. Presumably 'Hobb's' was a regional New England musician, and William Bradbury Ryan's (or publisher Elias Howe's) source. The "Boston Rattlers'" alternate title would seem to support its currency among 19th century New England musicians. | ||
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Revision as of 18:18, 11 November 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
HOBB'S FAVORITE. AKA and see "Boston Rattlers'," "Colonel McBain's," "Connemara Stockings," "Miss Abercrombie's Reel," "Winter Apples (1)." American, Scottish (originally) Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. An American title for an older British Isles import, of which both Scottish and Irish versions are common. Presumably 'Hobb's' was a regional New England musician, and William Bradbury Ryan's (or publisher Elias Howe's) source. The "Boston Rattlers'" alternate title would seem to support its currency among 19th century New England musicians.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 14. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p.
Recorded sources: