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X:1 T:Sherman’s Reel M:2/4 L:1/8 C:George Saunders B:Saunders - New and Scientific Self-Instructing School for the Violin (Providence, R.I., 1847, No. 18, p. 55) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|(D/G/).G/.B/ (A/G/).E/.G/|(D/G/).G/.B/ e2|dg/f/ (e/d/).c/.B/|(c/B/).c/.e/ (d/B/).A/.G/| (G/G/).G/.B/ (A/G/).E/.G/|(D/G/).G/.B/ e2|dg/f/ (e/d/).c/.B/|(d/c/).A/.B/ G:| |:G|gg/g/ (g/b/).a/.g/|(g/d/).d/.d/ dB|(c/B/).c/.d/ e(c/e)|(a/g/).f/.e/ d2| .G/(g/f/g/) .e/(g/f/g/)|.d/(g/f/g/) .B/(g/f/g/)|d/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/|AGG:||

SHERMAN’S REEL. American, Reel (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by George Saunders, “Professor of Music and Dancing,” and a dance fiddler in the Providence area. The reel appears in his New and Scientific Self-Instructing School for the Violin (Providence, R.I., 1847, No. 18, p. 55). The volume was republished by Oliver Ditson in the 1850’s.

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Printed sources : - Saunders (New and Scientific Self-Instructing School for the Violin), Providence, R.I., 1847; No. 18, p. 55.

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