Annotation:Nut (The)
X:1 T:Nut, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Hamilton's Universal Tune Book vol. 1 (1844, p. 36) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A E|OABA Adc|cBA A2f|fed cBA|cBB B2E| ABA Adc|cfe eag|gff f2G|BAA A2!Fine!:| |:B|BcB Bge|^dBc B2c|cBB BGE|GFF F2B| BcB Bge|^dBc B2B|c^de fed|egf e=dBO!D.C.!:||
NUT COUNTRY DANCE, THE. English, Scottish; Country Dance Tune (6/8 tme). A Major ('A' part) & E Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "The Nut" was one of the Scottish Country Dances mentioned by Flett & Flett (1964) as being in the teaching repertoire of a Fife dancing master, Alexander Adamson (1859-1939), whose career the authors documented as an example of a typical period instructor. The dance is considered suitable for beginners and requires that balance in line be danced with hands held high. "Nut Country Dance" was entered into the music copybook of John Neilson, a fiddler living in Cuilhill, Scotland, in 1875. There are tunes written in other hands in the manuscript as well.
