Annotation:Crossing the Field

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X:1 T:Crossing the Field M:4/4 L:1/8 S:Rice-Walsh manuscript Z:Paul Kinder R:Reel K:G DGBG DGBG|DFAF DFAF|DGGA Bcde|fdcA BGAF| DGBG DGBG|DFAF DFAF|DGGA Bcde|fdcA BG G2|| g2 gf gfde|f2 fe fdcA|fdde fgag|(3efg fa gfga| bgag fddg|fdcA BGAF|DGGA Bcde|fdcA BG G2||

CROSSING THE FIELD. Irish, Reel (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Breathnach (1976) finds this tune related to "The Heather Breeze" family of tunes (see note for "Heather Breeze (1)").

Additional notes

Source for notated version : - the Rice-Walsh manuscript, a collection of music from the repertoire of Jeremiah Breen, a blind fiddler from North Kerry, notated by his student [O'Neill].

Printed sources : - O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 276.

Recorded sources -

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