Annotation:Left-Handed Fiddler (The)

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LEFT HANDED FIDDLER, THE. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner and named for George Taylor of Aberdeen, whose son also was a left-handed fiddler. Skinner's father also became a left-handed fiddler after an accident with machinery that left his right hand mangled. See also the similar Irish tune "Columba Ward's."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 240. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), 1900; p. 5. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 95.

Recorded sources:

See also listings at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]

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