Bell's Favorite

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Theme code Index	3465 751H5
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Canada, United States
Genre/Style	Contra, Down-East/Maritime
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	USA(New England), CANADA(Maritimes/English), Canada/Ottawa Valley/Ontario"Canada/Ottawa Valley/Ontario" 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	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Don Messer
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Way
Tune and/or Page number	No. 74
Year of publication/Date of MS	1948
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BELL'S FAVORITE. Canadian, New England; Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bears some resemblance to "Tennessee Hornpipe" in Bayard (1981).

Printed sources: Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 74. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 132, p. 87. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 46.

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