Basket of Yarn (The)

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 Theme code Index    5L126L 4436L
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Randy Miller
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Contra, Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    USA/New England"USA/New England" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Susan Songer
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Portland Collection vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 23
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1997
 Artist    Biography:Randy Miller
 Title of recording    Lore of the Fingerboard
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    RM-1C
 Year recorded    1990
 Media    
 Score   ()   


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BASKET OF YARN. American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Miller): AA'BB' (Songer). A modern compostion from East Alstead, New Hampshire, pianist and fiddler Randy Miller.

Source for notated version: George Peck (Portland, Ore.) with Jigsaw [Songer].

Printed source: Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 117, pg. 80. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 23.

Recorded source: RM-1C, Randy Miller - "The Lore of the Fingerboard" (1990). George Penk, Clyde Curley & Susan Songer - "A Portland Selection: Contra Dance Music in the Pacific Northwest" (2000).

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