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Theme code Index
5L7L11 3565
Also known as
Paddy on the Turnpike (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region
Canada
Genre/Style
Cape Breton/PEI
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
CANADA(Acadia/French)
Structure
AB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Samuel Bayard
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Dance to the Fiddle March to the Fife
Tune and/or Page number
Appendix No. 8, p. 575
Year of publication/Date of MS
1981
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
X:1
T:Pigeon on the Gatepost [1]
T:Paddy on the Turnpike [1]
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:PEI fiddler Lorin Simmons (1930's)
B:Bayard - Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife (1981, Appendix No. 8)
K:G
DEFD (G2 G)A|BGdB eBdB|DEFE F3z|ABdB eBdB|
DEFD (G3 G)|BGdB eBdB|efge dedB|cAFA G3z||
efgf g4|bggg agfe|defe f2f|afdf afdf|
efgf g4|bggg afef|gage dedB|cAFA G4:|