Cornish Four-Hand Reel

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Theme code Index	131H3 1461
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	ENGLAND(South)west"ENGLAND(South)west" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABBCCDDAA
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Barry Callaghan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Hardcore English
Tune and/or Page number	p. 91
Year of publication/Date of MS	2007
Artist	Biography:William Hocken
Title of recording	Bocastle Breakdown: Southern English Country Music
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Topic Records 12T240
Year recorded	1974
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CORNISH FOUR-HAND REEL. English, Reel. England, Cornwall. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDAA. Source William Hocken was recorded by Richard Dimbleby at the Wellington Hotel in Bocastle in 1943. Hocken was a local bandmaster. The 64-bar melody is strongly associated with the dance the Bocastle Breakdowns, but can be played for the four-hand reel. (There is also a "Cornish Six-Hand Reel" of 32 bars, AKA "Johnny Mickey Batty's" in Ireland).

Source for notated version: William Hocken (Bocastle, Cornwall) [Callaghan].

Printed source: Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 91.

Recorded source: Topic Records 12T240, William Hocken (et al) "Bocastle Breakdown: Southern English Country Music" (1974. Various artists).

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