Annotation:Harriot (1) (The)
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HARRIOT [1], THE. Scottish, English; Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). C Major (Gow, Harding's): D Major (Sweet). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune also appears in Entire New and Compleat Instructions for the Fife by John Preston (London, 1796, p. 29) and New and Complete Instructions for the Clarionet published by Preston and Son (London, 1797, p. 18).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1788; p. 54 (3rd ed.). Harding’s All Round Collection, 1905; No. 171, p. 54. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964/1981; p. 58.
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