Annotation:Cape Breton Symphony Strathspey

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CAPE BRETON SYMPHONY STRATHSPEY. Canadian, Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by fiddler Jerry Holland (1955-2009, Inverness, Cape Breton), a member of the group Cape Breton Symphony. See also the companion reel, "The Cape Breton Symphony Reel."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland's), 1995; No. 109, p. 32.

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