Blink Bonnie

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Theme code Index	3H2H1H5 6542
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	J. Scott Skinner
Region	Scotland, Canada
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	4/4
History	Canada/Maritimes (English)"Canada/Maritimes (English)" 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	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Paul Stewart Cranford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Winston Fitzgerald: A Collection of Fiddle Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	No. 135, p. 55
Year of publication/Date of MS	1997
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BLINK BONNIE. Scottish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by the great Scottish fiddler and composer J. Scott Skinner (1841-1927). To 'blink bonnie' is a Scots term referring to a glimpse of beauty.

Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed source: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 135, p. 55.

X: 1
T: Blink Bonnie
C:J. Scott Skinner
R:Reel
I:speed 232
K:D
Z:Sawyer
M:4/4
L:1/8
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