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 Also known as    Philadelphia Reel (The)
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Phillipe Varlet
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    
 Book/Manuscript title    
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    
 Artist    Biography:Popcorn Behavior
 Title of recording    Journeywork
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    1997
 Media    
 Score   ()   


<abc float="left"> X:1 T:Big Red M:C| L:1/8 Q:220 C:Philippe Varlet R:Reel K:A A,B, | CF~F2 {d}BAFA | ceef ecAc | B/2B/2B fB {d}cBfB | B/2B/2B fB {d}cBAE | FA{d}cA {d}BAFA | cAef ecAc | B/2B/2B fB {d}cAec | {d}BAGE F2 :||: AB | cf~f2 defa | ec{d}cB A3 B | ceef ecAB | cB{d}BA GBEB | cf~f2 defa | ec{d}cB A3 B | ceag fecA | {d}BAGE F2 :||

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BIG RED. Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB tuning. A modern composition by Baltimore area fiddler, collector and musicologist Philippe Varlet. Recorded by the House Band under the title "The Philadelphia Reel" because their source thought that was where it came from.

Recorded source: Popcorn Behavior - "Journeywork" (1997).

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