Cutty

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Theme code Index	3H3H2H2H 3H3H3H3H
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	Scotland/Shetland/Orkney"Scotland/Shetland/Orkney" 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	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Peter Cooke
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles (The)
Tune and/or Page number	Ex. 22, p. 74.
Year of publication/Date of MS	1986
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CUTTY. Shetland, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A dance was performed to this tune (as mentioned by the collector Shuldham-Shaw) which Unst fiddler John Stickle maintained was "'a kind of kibby dance,' performed 'entirely in a sitting-on-the-heels position'" (Cooke, 1986). 'Cutty' means 'short' or truncated in Scots dialect, and also is a derogatory term for women--an immoral female.

Source for notated version: John Stickle (Unst, Shetland) [Cooke]. The tune was originally collected by Pat Shuldham-Shaw after World War II.

Printed source: Cooke (The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles), 1986; Ex. 22, p. 74.

X:1
T:Cutty
M:6/8
L:1/8
O:Shetland
S:John Stickle
K:D
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