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DANCING FINGERS [1]. AKA - "Dancing of the Fingers (The)." 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 popular with musicians in the Maritime provinces. Fiddler Lee Cremo recorded the tune as "Irish Fiddler."


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.



See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]< br>

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