Annotation:Homesteader's Reel
Tune properties and standard notation
HOMESTEADER'S REEL. American, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Vermont fiddler Ron West joined the Northeast Fiddlers Association in 1967. He placed first in numerous contests, including the Northeast Regional in 1968, and '69; Craftsbury Common in 1974; Stark, New Hampshire in 1975; and the Traditional New England Fiddlers contest held in Hartford, Connecticut in 1976.
Source for notated version: Ron West [Phillips].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 114.
Recorded sources: