Annotation:Baltioura

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BALTIOURA. AKA - "Baltioram." Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Glasgow publisher James Aird set the tune in 6/8 time but this is a mistake. "Baltioura" is a slip jig in 9/8 time. The tune (as "Baltioram") was also entered into the 1788 music manuscript collection of flute player Thomas Molyneaux (Shelburne, Nova Scotia).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5), Glasgow, 1797; No. 87, p. 34. Hime (Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never Before Printed with Basses, vol. 1), Dublin, 1804; No. 23.

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