Annotation:Jack's Half Crown

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X:1 T:Jack's Half Crown (Ballater) M:C| L:1/8 R:Pipe Reel C:J. Scott Skinner B:Skinner - The Logie Collection (1888, p. 82) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A a|gef^d eAAa|gef^d (e2e)a|gef^d eAaf|ec Bc (A2A):| B|cAdB cAAB|cAdB (e2 e)d|cAdB cAaf|ecBc (A2 A).B| (c/B/A) (d/c/B) cAAB|(c/B/A) (d/c/B) (e2e)a|gef^d .d(aga)|[ef][ca][Bg][cb] [A2A2]-[Aa]||

JACK'S HALF CROWN (Ballater). Scottish, Pipe Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by fiddler-composer and dancing master biography:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927), who noted that the title had to do with "an amusing story about a cello" (??!!).

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Printed sources : - Skinner (The Logie Collection), 1888; p. 82.

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