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Also known as
Petticoat String
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Country Dance
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
Structure
AAB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Peter Kennedy
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Fiddler's Tune Book vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number
p. 12
Year of publication/Date of MS
1954
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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Score ( )
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X:1
T:Betty Black
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
g|B2 AG A2D2|B2 AG Bd g2|B2 AG A2D2|EGFA G2G:||
d|edef gfed|BABd g2G2|edef gfed|BABd e3d|
edef gfed|egfa gfga|bagf gfed|BABd edef||
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BETTY BLACK . AKA - "Petticoat String." English, Country Dance (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABA.
Printed sources: Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune Book ), vol. 2, 1954; p. 12. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes ), 1984; p. 178.
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