Blind Fiddler (The)

BLIND FIDDLER, THE. AKA - "More Noise than Work." English, Old (or Triple) Hornpipe (6/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was originally published in Charles and Samuel Thompson's third country dance collection (London, 1773). It appears (as do several of the Thompson's 1773 tunes) in the music manuscript copybook of fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn.).

Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 50.

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Theme code Index	15 13 15 63
Also known as	More Noise than Work
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Triple Hornpipe
Key/Tonic of	B
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 3
Tune and/or Page number	No. 50
Year of publication/Date of MS	1773
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Year recorded
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X:1
T:Blind Fidder, The, or more Noise than Work
M:6/4
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:Bb
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