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T: Dancing Fingers [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
O:Cape Breton
K:D
fg|abaf dfaf |bg g/g/g g2 ef|gage cege|ba a/a/a a2 fg|
abaf dfaf|bg g/g/g g2 ef|gage cbag|fd d/d/d d2:|
|:ag|fd d/d/d g=c c/c/c|fd d/d/d fd=cB|Ad d/d/d =ccBB|Asd d/d/d d2:|
DANCING FINGERS [1]. AKA - "Dancing of Fingers." AKA and see "Gillis' Favorite," "Irish Fiddler." Canadian, Reel. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. D Mixolydian ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. A Cape Breton Reel.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Kenny Chaisson (b. c. 1947 in Bear River, now resides in Rollo Bay, North-East Kings County, PEI) [Perlman]; Buddy MacMaster (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Reich].
Printed sources : - Corfield (Tunes from New Brunswick), 2024; p. 27. Dunlay & Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music from Cape Breton), 1986; No. 45, p. 54 (appears as untitled reel collected from Cape Breton fiddler Buddy MacMaster). Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 69.
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