Annotation:Oddity (1) (The)
X:1 T:Oddity [1], The M:C L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A Acea aecA|BfdB AGFE|FAdc defg|aecA AGFE| Acea agfe|^defb agfe|bgeb af^da|gfe^d {d}e4:| |:eBGE Ace=g|fedc dAFD|f^dBd fgaf|gfe^d eBGE| FAdc defg|afdB AGFE|FAdc dfed|cBAG {G}A4:||
ODDITY [1], THE. English, Country Dance Tune (whole time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was originally published in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). It also was entered into the 1788 music manuscript copybook of fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn.), as were numerous tunes from the Thompson's 1773 collection.
