Annotation:Sherman's Reel
X:1 T:Sherman’s Reel M:2/4 L:1/8 C:George Saunders B:Saunders - New and Scientific Self-Instructing School for the Violin (Providence, R.I., 1847, No. 18, p. 55) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|(D/G/).G/.B/ (A/G/).E/.G/|(D/G/).G/.B/ e2|dg/f/ (e/d/).c/.B/|(c/B/).c/.e/ (d/B/).A/.G/| (G/G/).G/.B/ (A/G/).E/.G/|(D/G/).G/.B/ e2|dg/f/ (e/d/).c/.B/|(d/c/).A/.B/ G:| |:G|gg/g/ (g/b/).a/.g/|(g/d/).d/.d/ dB|(c/B/).c/.d/ e(c/e)|(a/g/).f/.e/ d2| .G/(g/f/g/) .e/(g/f/g/)|.d/(g/f/g/) .B/(g/f/g/)|d/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/|AGG:||
SHERMAN’S REEL. AKA and see "Yacht Club." American, Reel (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by George Saunders, “Professor of Music and Dancing,” and a dance fiddler in the Providence area. The reel appears in his New and Scientific Self-Instructing School for the Violin (Providence, R.I., 1847, No. 18, p. 55). The volume was republished by Oliver Ditson in the 1850’s. Fr. John Quinn finds the same tune was later appropriated for some of Boston music publisher Elias Howe's publications under the title "Yacht Club."
