Crimson Crustacean

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Theme code Index	1511H 47bL54
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Composer/Core Source	Biography:Jack MacLean
Region	Canada
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI, Pipe
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	6/8
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	AA'BB'CCDD
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Barry W. Shears
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Gathering of the Clans Collection vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	p. 74
Year of publication/Date of MS	1986
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CRIMSON CRUSTACEAN. Canadian, Jig. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'CCDD. Composed by Nova Scotia piper Jack MacLean, a former member of the Dartmouth and District Pipe Band, later known as Clan Sutherland (Shears). The title references a cooked lobster, the delicacy of the Maritime provinces.

Printed source: Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1), 1986; p. 74.

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