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|f_annotation='''DRUGAN TROED TRANT'''. AKA - "[[Erddigan Tro’r Tant]]," "Erddigan of the turn of the string (The)." Welsh, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Drugan Troed Trant" was entered in the music copybook of Welsh fiddler John Thomas, dated 1752, also known as "[[Erddigan Tro'r Tant]] in other contemporary manuscripts. According to crwth and traditional fiddle player, and John Thomas researcher, Cass Meurig, the title "harks back to the old 'tro tant' harp tuning", and may have some association with the old ''[[wikipedia:Cerdd_Dant]]'' repertoire<ref>Cass Meurig, "Fiddle tunes in eighteenth-century Wales", The Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, King’s College, Aberdeen, 2006, p. 8. </ref> | |f_annotation='''DRUGAN TROED TRANT'''. AKA - "[[Erddigan Tro’r Tant]]," "Erddigan of the turn of the string (The)." Welsh, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Drugan Troed Trant" was entered in the music copybook of Welsh fiddler John Thomas, dated 1752, also known as "[[Erddigan Tro'r Tant]] in other contemporary manuscripts. According to crwth and traditional fiddle player, and John Thomas researcher, Cass Meurig, the title "harks back to the old 'tro tant' harp tuning<ref>Tro tant is not one of the five warranted Welsh harp tunings, but is found in the manuscripts and has a repertoire of its own. As reconstructed by Robert Evans the tuning goes: A BbC D E F G a bbc d e Turn string</ref>", and may have some association with the old ''[[wikipedia:Cerdd_Dant]]'' repertoire<ref>Cass Meurig, "Fiddle tunes in eighteenth-century Wales", The Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, King’s College, Aberdeen, 2006, p. 8. </ref> | ||
# <span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑</span> <span class="reference-text">Cass Meurig, "Fiddle tunes in eighteenth-century Wales", The Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, King’s College, Aberdeen, 2006, p. 8. </span> | # <span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑</span> <span class="reference-text">Cass Meurig, "Fiddle tunes in eighteenth-century Wales", The Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, King’s College, Aberdeen, 2006, p. 8. </span> | ||
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|f_printed_sources=Cass Meurig ('''Alawon John Thomas: - A Fiddler's Tune Book From Eighteenth Century Wales'''), 2004. | |f_printed_sources=Cass Meurig ('''Alawon John Thomas: - A Fiddler's Tune Book From Eighteenth Century Wales'''), 2004. | ||
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Revision as of 01:28, 4 October 2023
DRUGAN TROED TRANT. AKA - "Erddigan Tro’r Tant," "Erddigan of the turn of the string (The)." Welsh, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Drugan Troed Trant" was entered in the music copybook of Welsh fiddler John Thomas, dated 1752, also known as "Erddigan Tro'r Tant in other contemporary manuscripts. According to crwth and traditional fiddle player, and John Thomas researcher, Cass Meurig, the title "harks back to the old 'tro tant' harp tuning[1]", and may have some association with the old wikipedia:Cerdd_Dant repertoire[2]
- ↑ Cass Meurig, "Fiddle tunes in eighteenth-century Wales", The Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, King’s College, Aberdeen, 2006, p. 8.
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- ↑ Tro tant is not one of the five warranted Welsh harp tunings, but is found in the manuscripts and has a repertoire of its own. As reconstructed by Robert Evans the tuning goes: A BbC D E F G a bbc d e Turn string
- ↑ Cass Meurig, "Fiddle tunes in eighteenth-century Wales", The Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, King’s College, Aberdeen, 2006, p. 8.
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