Annotation:Paine's Reel

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PAINE'S REEL. AKA and see “Dundee Hornpipe,” “Pantomime Reel (2).” American, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A member of the large “Dundee Hornpipe,” “Kildare Fancy,” “Union Hornpipe (3)” family of tunes. Boston publisher Elias Howe 'borrowed' this tune and several others from Providence, Rhode Island, musician and teacher George Saunders' violin tutor.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 46. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 74. Saunders (New and Complete Instructor for the Violin), Boston, 1847; No. 23, p. 56.

Recorded sources:

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